Mario Astorga
Mario Astorga | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Education of Chile | |
| In office 3 November 1970 – 28 January 1972 | |
| President | Salvador Allende |
| Preceded by | Máximo Pacheco Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Ríos Valdivia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 April 1931 |
| Party | Radical Party |
| Spouse | Julia Rivera Pérez |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Professor, union leader and politician |
Mario Hugo Astorga Gutiérrez (born 22 April 1931) is a Chilean professor and politician, member of the Radical Party (PR). He served as Minister of Public Education in the administration of the socialist president Salvador Allende.
After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état —led by general Augusto Pinochet— he did not return to Chile for about fourteen years. He was also a member of the board of the Teachers' School after the end of the military dictatorship.