Eugenio Celedón

Eugenio Celedón Silva (Santiago, 1 January 1926 – 19 March 2018) was a Chilean engineer, academic, researcher, businessperson, trade association leader and Christian Democratic politician.

He served as a cabinet minister —in the portfolio of Public Works and Transport— during the final part of the administration of president Eduardo Frei Montalva.

Family and education He completed his primary and secondary education at the Deutsche Schule Santiago, and then studied at the University of Chile, graduating as a civil engineer with a specialization in hydraulics in 1950.

He married Carmen Cariola Feuereisen, with whom he had ten children: María Eliana, Eugenio, Ximena, María Carolina, Ricardo, Patricia, Mónica, Gerardo, Luz María and Paula. He left the office in 1996 during the government of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, who had ratified him in March 1994.

He also worked as a consultant, trade association leader and business executive.