Julio Canessa
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Lieutenant General Julio Canessa Roberts (b. March 19, 1925) is a Chilean military and political figure. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the Army. He was also a designated Senator between 1998 and 2006.
General Canessa was Army Vice Commander-in-chief and a member of the Government Junta from 1983 to 1985. He was replaced by Humberto Gordon.[1] In 1998, he was designated Senator after a nomination from the National Security Council. As a Senator he opposed the Concert of Parties for Democracy on the Indigenous law, seeing it as bad for development,[2] and in 2001 he defended landmines as necessary.[3] Later the positions of the Designated Senators were eliminated because of the Constitutional Reforms of 2004.
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| Preceded by César Benavides |
Member of Government Junta 1985-1986 |
Succeeded by Humberto Gordon |
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