Gabriel Valdés
Gabriel Valdés | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Chile to Italy | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 2008 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | José Goñi |
| Succeeded by | Cristián Barros |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle |
| Constituency | 16th Circumscription |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 12 March 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Diez |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 3 November 1964 – 3 November 1970 | |
| President | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
| Preceded by | Julio Philippi |
| Succeeded by | Clodomiro Almeyda |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party (1957−2011) |
| Other political affiliations | National Falange (1939−1957) |
| Spouse | Sylvia Soublette |
| Children | Four |
| Parent(s) | Horacio Valdés Blanca Soubercaseaux |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux (3July 1919 – 7 September 2011) was a Chilean politician, lawyer and diplomat. Valdes served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile under President Eduardo Frei Montalva from 1964 to 1970. A vocal opponent of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which held power from 1973 to 1990, Valdés worked for Chile's transition to democracy.
During his tenure as Minister of Foreign Affairs the Alto Palena–Encuentro River dispute was solved under the 1966 arbitration award in which Queen Elizabeth II mediated. Also the killing of Hernán Merino in the Laguna del Desierto incident happen in 1965.
Valdés served as President of the Senate of Chile, considered the second most important office in the country after the presidency, from 1990 to 1996. He retired from the Senate in 2006.
Valdés died from bronchitis on 7 September 2011, at his home in Santiago, Chile, at the age of 92. He had recently been admitted as a patient at Clínica Alemana for treatment of a long illness.