Enrique Ortúzar

Enrique Ortúzar
Minister of the Interior
In office
3 November 1958 – 19 January 1959
PresidentJorge Alessandri
Preceded byAbel Valdés
Succeeded bySótero del Río
Personal details
Born(1914-11-07)7 November 1914
Died26 February 2005(2005-02-26) (aged 90)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Chile
ProfessionLawyer

Enrique Cornelio Ortúzar Escobar (7 November 1914 – 26 February 2005) was a Chilean lawyer, academic and politician. He served as a minister of State during the government of President Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez (1958–1964).

A leading conservative thinker, he was chosen by General Augusto Pinochet to lead the process that produced the constitutional text that has governed the country since 1980.