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Baldo Prokurica

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Baldo Prokurica
Minister of Defense
In office
18 September 2020 – 11 March 2022
PresidentSebastián Pinera
Preceded byMario Desbordes
Succeeded byMaya Fernández
Minister of Mining
In office
11 March 2018 – 18 September 2020
PresidentSebastián Pinera
Preceded byAurora Williams
Succeeded byJuan Carlos Jobet
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office
11 March 2002 – 11 March 2018
Preceded byIgnacio Pérez Walker
Succeeded byDissolution of the Circumscription
ConstituencyAtacama Region
(3rd Circumscription)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
11 March 1990 – 11 March 2002
Preceded byCreation of the Circumscription
Succeeded byAlberto Robles
ConstituencyHuasco Province
(3rd Circumscription)
Governor of Huasco Province
In office
1988 – 11 March 1990
Appointed byAugusto Pinochet
Succeeded byCarlos López Cortés
Personal details
Born (1958-07-02) 2 July 1958 (age 66)
Vallenar, Chile
Political partyRenovación Nacional (RN)
SpouseAna María de Las Heras
ChildrenTwo
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Baldo Petar Prokurica Prokurica (born July 2, 1958, in Vallenar) is a lawyer, academic, and politician of Croatian descent.[1]

He served as the Minister of National Defense of Chile since December 2020 and March 2022. He served as the Minister of Mining of Chile from 2018 to 2020. He is also a former Congressman and Senator of the Republic of Chile on behalf of District No. 3 for the Atacama Region. His family has Croatian origins. His primary studies were conducted at the College San Francisco de Vallenar and Seminary in La Serena. The side made in the Theological Seminary in La Serena and Santiago Scuola Italiana. His studies were conducted at the Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Chile.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "MVEP • Press Release:". www.mvep.hr. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  2. ^ "Baldo Procurika". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
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