Caupolicán Boisset

Caupolicán Eduardo Boisset Mujica (born 1 January 1932) is a Chilean retired military officer and aerospace engineer who held the rank of general in the Chilean Air Force. He served as Minister of Transport and Telecommunications from 1979 to 1983 during the military government of General Augusto Pinochet.

In 2017 he received the “Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile” National Award in the “Natural Person” category for his professional trajectory.

Life and career

Boisset studied at the Aeronautical Polytechnic Academy of the Chilean Air Force (FACh), becoming an aerospace engineer as well as a pilot and flight instructor in jet and conventional engines.

He taught aerodynamics at the Air Force Academy and the FACh Tactical School, and gave courses to glider pilots at the Chilean glider training school.

Boisset served publicly as general manager of the Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP), and later as Minister of Transport and Telecommunications during the military regime. As an Air Force general, he was commander of the FACh Logistics Command.

During his tenure, the “Villa Las Estrellas” settlement at the President Eduardo Frei Montalva Air Base in Antarctica was created.

He also served as president of the National Aeronautics Company (ENAER).

Role in the military government

Boisset joined the cabinet in December 1979 as Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, becoming one of the Air Force representatives within the government of General Pinochet. He remained in office until August 1983, overseeing civil aviation, communications infrastructure and Antarctic development initiatives.