Ricardo Martínez Menanteau

Ricardo Martínez Menanteau (born 24 February 1960, Santiago, Chile) is a member of the Chilean military and has held the position of Commander-in-Chief of Chile since 9 March 2018, since being appointed by former president Michelle Bachelet after predecessor, Humberto Oviedo, retired.

Early years From 1972 to 1982 he lived with his family in Quillota due to the transfer of his father, Carlos Martínez Aguirre, who was a colonel in the Chilean army. He studied at the Rafael Ariztía Institute in Quillota, the same school as former president and commander-in-chief of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet. He was raised Catholic by his family.

Military career He entered the Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins Military School in 1976, graduating as a lieutenant in infantry weapons on 1 January 1980.

The Ministry of Defense pointed out that Martinez informed the government of his total willingness to open his financial statements so that they could be audited by the government authorities. The speech was recorded by one of the attendees of the meeting and was later filtered by The Clinic, on 22 November 2018. As a result of this, he attended the Palacio de La Moneda that day on in the early hours of the morning, when Minister of Defense, Alberto Espina, spoke to him as a "matter of urgency", before his testimony. On 27 November, he was summoned to testify before the presidents of the Defense Commissions of the National Congress, about the alleged illegal sale of weapons. Martínez began his testimony by announcing legal actions against those responsible for recording his speech at the Military School, which he described as "illegal" and later leaked to The Clinic. On December 4, he testified before prosecutor Raúl Guzmán.