Germán Ignacio Riesco

Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz (1888 – November 11, 1958) was a Chilean political figure, who served several times as minister between 1919 and 1950. He was of Basque descent^[1] and a member of the influential Errázuriz family.

He was born in Santiago in 1888, the son of President Germán Riesco and of First Lady María Errázuriz Echaurren. He graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile on April 21, 1910. He was Minister of War and Navy of President Juan Luis Sanfuentes between 1919 and 1920; and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1948 and 1950, under President Gabriel González Videla. He married Rosa Barceló Pinto but they had no children.

References

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External links

Genealogical chart of Riesco-Errázuriz family (in Spanish)

Political offices
Preceded by Aníbal Rodríguez	Minister of War and Navy 1919–1920	Succeeded by Régulo Valenzuela
Preceded by Germán Vergara	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1948–1950	Succeeded by Horacio Walker

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