Arturo Troncoso

Arturo Troncoso
Minister of Education
In office
16 May 1975 – 3 December 1976
PresidentAugusto Pinochet
Preceded byHugo Castro Jiménez
Succeeded byLuis Niemann
Minister of Housing and Urbanism
In office
11 July 1974 – 14 April 1975
PresidentAugusto Pinochet
Preceded byArturo Vivero
Succeeded byCarlos Granifo
Intendant of the Valparaíso Region
In office
1974–1979
PresidentAugusto Pinochet
Personal details
Born(1922-01-01)1 January 1922
Died30 October 2008(2008-10-30) (aged 86)
Resting placeViña del Mar, Chile
PartyIndependent (close to the right)
SpouseLidia Valle Ramírez
ChildrenTwo
Parent(s)Luis Troncoso Palacios
Berta Daroch Fernández
OccupationNaval officer and politician
Military service
Branch/serviceChilean Navy
RankAdmiral
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Hernán Arturo Troncoso Daroch (1922 – Viña del Mar, 30 October 2008) was a Chilean naval officer with the rank of admiral and a politician.

He served as Intendant of the Valparaíso Region (1974–1979), Minister of Housing and Urbanism (1974–1975), and Minister of Public Education (1975–1976) during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.

He also chaired the National Electricity Company (Endesa) and served as a council member of the Federico Santa María Technical University and the Adolfo Ibáñez University.

After the end of the military regime, he presided over the “Union of Retired Officers” in 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2003.