About Carlos Vial Espantoso
Lived 1900 – 1995 (aged 95). Carlos Vial Espantoso was a Chilean politician, lawyer, businessperson and entrepreneur.
Carlos Augusto Vial Espantoso (22 February 1900 – 3 May 1995) was a Chilean lawyer, businessman, and conservative politician.
He served as Minister of Finance under President Gabriel González Videla in 1950 and later as a Senator of the Republic for the Sixth Provincial Group (Curicó, Talca, Linares and Maule) between 1957 and 1965.
Family Vial was the son of Francisco Javier Vial Solar and Francisca Cristina Espantoso. He married Ana Castillo Sánchez; the couple had seven children. One of them, Javier Vial Castillo, became a leading Chilean banker and headed the Banco de Chile and the Vial group; he also held shares in the Banco Hipotecario de Chile.
Education and career The family moved to Santiago soon after his birth. Vial studied at Colegio San Ignacio and then at the Law School of the University of Chile, being admitted to the bar in 1923.
He died in Santiago on 3 May 1995.
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Who was Carlos Vial Espantoso?
Chilean politician
When was Carlos Vial Espantoso born?
Carlos Vial Espantoso was born on 22 February 1900 in Lima.
When did Carlos Vial Espantoso die?
Carlos Vial Espantoso died on 3 May 1995 in Santiago.
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Carlos Vial Espantoso was a politician, lawyer, businessperson and entrepreneur.
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Carlos Vial Espantoso was Chilean.
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