About Germán Ignacio Riesco
Lived 1888 – 1958 (aged 70). Germán Ignacio Riesco was a Chilean diplomat, lawyer and politician.
Germán Ignacio Riesco Errázuriz (1888 – November 11, 1958) was a Chilean political figure, who served several times as minister between 1919 and 1950. He was of Basque descent and a member of the influential Errázuriz family.
He was born in Santiago in 1888, the son of President Germán Riesco and of First Lady María Errázuriz Echaurren. He graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile on April 21, 1910. He was Minister of War and Navy of President Juan Luis Sanfuentes between 1919 and 1920; and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1948 and 1950, under President Gabriel González Videla. He married Rosa Barceló Pinto but they had no children.
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Who was Germán Ignacio Riesco?
Chilean politician
When was Germán Ignacio Riesco born?
Germán Ignacio Riesco was born on 30 July 1888.
When did Germán Ignacio Riesco die?
Germán Ignacio Riesco died on 11 November 1958.
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Germán Ignacio Riesco was a diplomat, lawyer and politician.
What nationality was Germán Ignacio Riesco?
Germán Ignacio Riesco was Chilean.
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