Rodrigo Hinzpeter
Rodrigo Hinzpeter | |
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| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 5 September 2012 – 11 March 2014 | |
| President | Sebastián Pinera |
| Preceded by | Andrés Allamand |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Burgos |
| Minister of the Interior and Public Security | |
| In office 21 February 2011 – 5 September 2012 | |
| President | Sebastián Pinera |
| Preceded by | Creation of the Office |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Chadwick |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 21 February 2011 | |
| President | Sebastián Pinera |
| Preceded by | Edmundo Pérez Yoma |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of the Office |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 October 1965 |
| Party | Renovación Nacional (RN) (1987–2014) |
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| Children | Three |
| Parent(s) | María Teresa Serrano Francisco Bulnes Ripamonti |
| Relatives | Enrique Kirberg (cousin) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Rodrigo Javier Hinzpeter Kirberg (born 27 October 1965) is a Chilean lawyer, academic and politician of Jewish descent. Since 2014 he has served as legal manager of the business conglomerate Quiñenco.
He is one of the founders of the centre-right political party National Renewal (RN). On 11 March 2010 he was appointed Minister of the Interior by President Sebastián Piñera, and was regarded as one of his closest collaborators. In early 2011, following a legal reform that expanded the powers of the portfolio, he became the first Minister of the Interior and Public Security in Chilean history.
On 5 November 2012 he left the Interior Ministry and was appointed Minister of National Defense, being succeeded in the Interior portfolio by Andrés Chadwick. He remained in office until the end of Piñera’s presidential term in March 2014.