Oscar Jiménez Pinochet

Óscar Jiménez Pinochet
Óscar Jiménez Pinochet as Minister of Health, around 1970.
Minister of Public Health of Chile
In office
4 November 1970 – 14 August 1971
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded byRamón Valdivieso
Succeeded byJuan Carlos Concha
Ambassador of Chile to the Hungarian People's Republic
In office
1971 – 11 September 1973
PresidentSalvador Allende
Preceded byClaudio Aliaga Freire
Succeeded byRicardo Concha Gazmuri
Minister of Lands and Colonization of Chile
In office
23 April 1957 – 9 July 1957
PresidentCarlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded bySantiago Wilson Hernández
Succeeded byEnrique Méndez Carrasco
Undersecretariat of Public Health
In office
3 November 1952 – 1955
PresidentCarlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded byAbraham Drobny Kleinhauz
Succeeded byJorge Leyton Garvagno
Personal details
Born(1915-04-12)12 April 1915
Died15 March 1994(1994-03-15) (aged 78)
PartyNational Socialist Movement (1933–1939)
Agrarian Labor Party
(194?–1958)
National Democratic Party (1960–1969)
Social Democratic Party (1969–1970)
Radical Party
(1970–1973)
Spouse
Eliana de la Jara Parada
(m. 1939)
Children6
Parent(s)Luis Jiménez Barrientos
Blanca Pinochet Meza
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationDiplomat
Politician
ProfessionPhysician

Óscar Jiménez Pinochet (12 April 1915 – 15 March 1994) was a Chilean physician and politician. He served as ministro de Estado during the governments of presidents Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1957) and Salvador Allende (1970–1971).