Sergio Pizarro Mackay

Sergio Pizarro Mackay (19 March 1939–19 February 2001) was a Chilean politician who served as deputy and ambassador.

Biography Pizarro Mackay was born on 19 March 1939 in Copiapó. He married and had two children.

He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres of Copiapó. He later pursued higher studies at the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he earned a degree in Legal and Social Sciences and subsequently qualified as a lawyer.

Political career In 1957, he joined the Christian Democratic Party. The following year, he was elected president of the party’s youth branch in Atacama and later became president of the party organization at his university. He subsequently assumed the position of deputy secretary general of the Christian Democratic Organization of America (ODCA).

He also held public service positions, including Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Between 1970 and 1971, he served as head of the Chilean diplomatic mission in Italy.

In December 1973, he was dismissed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1974 onward, he worked as a consulting lawyer for engineering and construction companies and held executive positions in various mining and industrial firms. He also remained active in the Mining Commission and the International Department of the Christian Democratic Party.

In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for District No. 5, Third Region, representing the Christian Democratic Party for the 1990–1994 term. He obtained the highest vote total in the district with 20,313 votes (30.84% of the validly cast ballots).

In 1993, he assumed the position of Secretary General of the Christian Democrat International. In 1995, President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle appointed him Ambassador of Chile to Belgium, and in 1997, Ambassador to Spain. He later served as Ambassador to the European Union.

Death He died in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 February 2001.