Carlos Larraín
| Carlos Larraín | |
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| Senator of Chile For Los Rios Region |
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| Assumed office January 17, 2011 |
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| Leader of National Renewal | |
| Assumed office 2006 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1942 Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Political party | ,_Chile.svg){kind=small} National Renewal (2003-) National Party (1970-73) |
| Spouse(s) | Victoria Hurtado |
| Children | 12 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University Catholic University of Louvain |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism (Opus Dei) |
Carlos Larraín is the President of National Renewal (Renovación Nacional).[1]
Biography
Carlos Larraín Peña received an LL.B. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1967, and an M.A. from the Université catholique de Louvain in 1968.[2]
In 1994, he started Larrain y Asociados Ltda., a law firm.[2] In 1996, he was elected as a councilor in Las Condes, and re-elected in 2000, 2004, and 2008.[1] He now serves as the President of National Renewal.[1]
He is a member of the Larraín family.
He is married to Victoria Hurtado and has twelve children. He declares to be a devout Roman Catholic and member of the Opus Dei.
His son, Martín Larrian, ran over a man in his jeep, in September 2013 on a highway. After a long period of trial and the opinion of many unscrupulous people that did not have accurate information and were driven mainly by political hate, his son was absolved, after a second judiciary process.[3] The final proves where that he stayed at least 50 minutes in the place of the accident (proven that he called the emergency services three times , and that it was not possible to prove that he was driving under the influence of alcohol.[4] The case was largely public in social networks and media.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Renovación Nacional leadership
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Law firm biography
- ↑ http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Nacional/2014/12/983277/penalistas-analizan-los-alcances-del-fallo-absolutorio-del-tribunal-de-cauquenes
- ↑ http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/policial/accidentes-de-transito/martin-larrain-fue-absuelto-en-segundo-juicio-por-mortal-atropello/2014-12-23/094320.html
- ↑ http://www.theclinic.cl/2014/12/23/las-claves-para-entender-que-cambio-en-los-dos-juicios-contra-martin-larrain/
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Official blog
- Genealogy of the Larraín family in Chile in Genealog.cl (in Spanish)
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