Hugo Gálvez

Hugo Gálvez
Minister of Labor
In office
10 August 1983 – 6 November 1984
PresidentAugusto Pinochet
Preceded byPatricio Mardones Villarroel
Succeeded byAlfonso Márquez de la Plata
In office
15 September 1960 – 26 September 1963
PresidentJorge Alessandri
Preceded byEduardo Gomien
Succeeded byMiguel Schweitzer Speisky
Mayor of San Bernardo
In office
1950–1953
Preceded byAaron Osorio Vidal
Succeeded byJosé María Domínguez
In office
1956–1959
Councillor (Regidor) of San Bernardo
In office
1947–1950
Rector of the Universidad Central de Chile
In office
1985–1995
Preceded byCarlos Blin Arriagada
Succeeded byVicente Kovacevic Poklepovic
Personal details
Born(1920-03-18)March 18, 1920
Valparaíso, Chile
DiedMarch 22, 1995(1995-03-22) (aged 75)
Santiago, Chile
PartyLiberal Party (expelled 1963)
SpouseAmelia Carvallo Andrade
Children7
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationLawyer, academic, businessman, politician
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Hugo Gálvez Gajardo (18 March 1920 – 22 March 1995) was a Chilean lawyer, academic, businessman, and right-wing politician. He served twice as Chile's Minister of Labor: first under President Jorge Alessandri (1960–1963), and later during the military government of General Augusto Pinochet (1983–1984).

He was also mayor of San Bernardo in two non-consecutive terms and later became the founding rector of the Universidad Central de Chile.