Domingo Santa María Santa Cruz

Domingo Santa María Santa Cruz (8 August 1920 – 5 June 2006) was a Chilean civil engineer, academic, businessman, and politician, a member of the Christian Democratic Party.

He served as Minister of Economy and later as Ambassador of Chile to the United States during the administration of President Eduardo Frei Montalva.

Biography Family He was the son of Julio Álvaro Santa María Santa María and Ana Santa Cruz Wilson, and the youngest of eight children. He was the great-grandson of Chilean President Domingo Santa María and the grandson of Vicente Santa Cruz Vargas. He was also the nephew of the prominent Chilean musician Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson.

Education He studied at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones of Viña del Mar and Valparaíso. He then entered the Arturo Prat Naval Academy, where he studied for three years, motivated by his godfather Arturo Wilson, a survivor of the corvette Esmeralda.

In 1960, together with his friends Andrés Donoso and Sergio Ossa, he co-founded the engineering company Sigdo Koppers. He sold his share upon being appointed Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction by President Frei in 1964.

He never married nor had children. He died in Santiago in 2006 at the age of 85.