Oscar Fenner
Oscar Fenner | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 April 1953 – 7 December 1953 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Arturo Olavarría |
| Succeeded by | Tobías Barros |
| Minister of Economy | |
| In office 29 January 1953 – 1 April 1953 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Edecio Torreblanca |
| Succeeded by | Santiago Wilson |
| Minister of Lands and Colonization | |
| In office 23 July 1931 – 26 July 1931 | |
| President | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Balmaceda |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 1 October 1925 – 23 October 1925 | |
| President | Luis Barros Borgoño (acting) |
| Preceded by | José Maza Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Alamiro García-Huidobro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 April 1892 Curicó, Chile |
| Died | 25 January 1982 (aged 89) Santiago, Chile |
| Spouse(s) | Efigenia Barros (div.) Catalina Vodanovic |
| Education | Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy |
Oscar Fenner Marín (10 April 1892 – 25 January 1982) was a Chilean politician and military officer who served as a minister.[1]
Early life and education
He was the son of Ricardo Fenner Krause and Dolores Luisa Marín Mujica.[2] He studied at the secondary school in Angol until his third year and subsequently entered the Military Academy in 1906.[1]
He served in the cavalry branch of the Chilean Army, attaining the rank of major. He later retired from active military service to become Auditor General of War. He taught at the Military Academy, the Carabineros School and the Chilean Army War Academy. While serving in the Army, he studied law and was admitted to practice as a lawyer in 1922.[2][1]
In 1925, he married Efigenia Barros Jarpa. After her death, he married Catalina Vodanovic Haklika in 1961.[2]
Political career
He participated in the 1924 coup d'etat and was responsible for drafting the manifesto of 11 September.[2] He subsequently served as Minister of Justice and Public Instruction. During his tenure, legislation concerning bankruptcy, bills of exchange and the press was enacted at his initiative. Together with Santiago Lazo, he drafted the 1925 Code of Military Justice.[1]
During the first government of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, he served as Secretary General of Government and Minister of Lands and Colonization.[2] Ibáñez also appointed him president of the board and director of the newspapers La Nación and Los Tiempos.[1] From 1932 to 1952, he served as a member of the Court Martial.[2]
During Ibáñez's second government, he served as Minister of Economy and Commerce in 1953 and subsequently as Minister of Foreign Affairs that same year.[2][1]
As foreign minister, he issued a decree regulating immigration, while the Organic Statute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established during his tenure, creating a School of Foreign Service. He sought to rebuild Chile's relations with Peru, Brazil and the United States, which had deteriorated as a result of the bloc-building policy pursued by his predecessor, Arturo Olavarría. He eventually resigned following disagreements with President Ibáñez over Chile's relations with Argentina under Juan Domingo Perón.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Diccionario Biográfico de Chile (in español) (11th ed.). Santiago, Chile: Empresa Periodística “Chile”. 1959–1961. p. 447. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 de Ramón Folch, Armando (1999). Biografías de Chilenos: Miembros de los Poderes Ejecutivos, Legislativo y Judicial (1876–1973) (in español). 2. Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. p. 83. Search this book on
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