Fernando Hormazábal

Fernando Alberto Hormazábal Gajardo (born 1 May 1935) is a Chilean military officer, engineer, academic and consultant. He served as a state minister during the military government of General Augusto Pinochet.

Biography

Hormazábal was born in Curepto in 1935, the son of Luis Hormazábal and Rudencia Gajardo. He trained at the Bernardo O'Higgins Military School, where he specialized in armored cavalry. He completed engineering studies and pursued postgraduate training in nuclear physics and defense economics.

He taught university-level courses in structural mechanics and held the rank of professor.

In 1978 he served as military attaché at the Embassy of Chile in Washington, D.C. He later held advisory responsibilities at the Ministry of Public Works and subsequently became Undersecretary of Public Works between 1981 and 1984.

Hormazábal retired from active military service in 1988 with the rank of brigadier general.

He married Patricia Mutis, with whom he had five children, and later married Carmen Gloria Bello, with whom he had three children.

Public career

From 1983 to 1988 Hormazábal served as Executive Vice President of the Production Development Corporation (CORFO), overseeing policies and administrative processes within the institution.

In 1988 he became president of AFP Cuprum, and later that year was appointed Executive President of Codelco, serving until December 1988.