Miguel Ángel Poduje

Miguel Ángel Poduje Sapiaín (5 January 1948 – 11 September 2011) was a Chilean lawyer, academic, consultant, and businessperson.

He served as Minister of Housing and Urbanism and later as Minister Secretary-General of Government during the military regime of Augusto Pinochet.

Early life and education Poduje was born in Santiago, the son of Domingo Poduje and Hilda Sapiaín.

He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, graduating in 1971.

He married María Teresa Carbone Baudet, with whom he had three children: María José, Ignacio, and María Magdalena.

Public career From 1979 to 1983, Poduje served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on legislation during the Pinochet regime.

During his tenure, Poduje oversaw reconstruction efforts after the 1985 Santiago earthquake, and negotiated housing-sector loans with the World Bank to reduce Chile’s housing deficit.