Vasco Costa Ramírez
Vasco Costa Ramírez | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Labor | |
| In office 1 January 1978 – 26 December 1978 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Sergio Fernández Fernández |
| Succeeded by | José Piñera Echenique |
| Undersecretary of Labor | |
| In office 16 March 1976 – 31 December 1977 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Luis Ribalta Puig |
| Succeeded by | Juan Raúl Ventura-Juncá del Tobar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 (age 86–87) |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Stella Clementina Gálvez Figari María del Carmen Guarachi García-Huidobro |
| Children | Vasco Joaquín; Stella de Lourdes; Juan Pablo |
| Parent(s) | Esteban Uldarico Vasco Costa Gutiérrez Olga Rosa Ramírez de Costa |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Vasco Costa Ramírez (born 1938 in Chillán) is a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Labor and Social Welfare during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in 1978.[1]
Early life and education
Costa Ramírez was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1938, the son of Esteban Uldarico Vasco Costa Gutiérrez and Olga Rosa Ramírez de Costa. He pursued higher education in law at the University of Chile, obtaining his law degree in 1963.[2]
He married Stella Clementina Gálvez Figari, with whom he had three children: Vasco Joaquín, Stella de Lourdes and Juan Pablo. He later married María del Carmen Guarachi García-Huidobro.[3]
Professional career
Costa Ramírez began his professional activities as an assistant professor of civil law at the University of Chile between 1961 and 1968.[2] From 1969 to 1976, he worked as a lawyer for the Caja Bancaria de Pensiones, while simultaneously serving as a full professor of civil law from 1974 to 1976.
He left academia upon his appointment by Augusto Pinochet as Undersecretary of Labor, a position he held until December 1977.[2]
On 1 January 1978, he was appointed Minister of Labor, serving until 26 December of that year.[1]
In 1990, he was elected to the council of the Chilean Bar Association. Between 1991 and 1995, he returned to academia as a professor of civil law at the Central University of Chile.[2]
He later held corporate directorships in various public and private institutions, including Asociación de Ahorro y Préstamo Libertad, the National Sugar Industry (Iansa), Clínica Santa María, the Isapre Banmédica S.A., and served as president of Radioemisoras Portales S.A.[2]
He currently serves as a council member of the Society for Industrial Development (Sofofa) and president of the Association of Supplier Industries (AGIP). He is also the owner of the law firm Costa Abogados.[2]
References
- ^ a b Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República: registros de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo (2.ª ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello.
- ^ a b c d e f "Currículum Vasco Costa Ramírez". www.costaabogados.cl. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ de Ramón Folch, Armando (1999). Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial. Vol. Tomo II (2.ª ed.). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile.