Claudio Orrego Vicuña
Claudio Orrego Vicuña | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Succeeded by | 1973 Chilean coup d'état |
| Constituency | 7th Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1939 |
| Died | 3 June 1982 (aged 42) |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Children | Claudio Orrego |
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| Occupation | Social scientist, professor, politician |
Claudio Orrego Vicuña (21 November 1939 – 3 June 1982) was a Chilean social scientist, academic and Christian Democratic politician. He was elected Deputy for the 7th Departamental Group, First District -Santiago- in 1973; the coup later that year brought his brief parliamentary term to an end.
A frequent media commentator, he was considered one of the leading intellectuals of the Christian Democratic Party.
Orrego studied at Ramiro de Maeztu (Madrid), the Lycée Français (Cairo) and Saint George's in Santiago; then pursued Sociology (and one year of Philosophy) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and later earned a licentiate in Social Sciences at the University of Leuven (Belgium). He taught Political Sociology (PUC) and Political Theory (University of Chile).
He was the author of numerous publications, including Solidaridad o violencia, dilema de Chile; Una herida abierta (1982); Para una paz estable entre los chilenos (1974); and Manifiesto por la paz y la no violencia (1978). In 1980 he received a scholarship from the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., to carry out research activities.