Sergio Gaete

Sergio Carlos Gaete Rojas (9 September 1939 – 21 December 2005) was a Chilean lawyer, academic, and right-leaning independent politician who served as Minister of Public Education during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.

He later served as Chilean ambassador to Argentina from 1987 to 1990.

Early life and education Gaete was born in Santiago, Chile. He completed his primary studies at Colegio Cardenal Newman and secondary education at Saint George's College, Santiago.

He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, graduating in 1964 with the thesis La comunicabilidad en torno a los elementos del delito (“Communicability Concerning the Elements of Crime”).

He pursued an extensive academic career, teaching at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and at the Bernardo O'Higgins University.

Death Gaete died in Santiago on 21 December 2005 at the age of 66.