Hugo Trivelli
Hugo Luciano Trivelli Franzolini (8 May 1913 – 24 March 2005) was a Chilean agronomist and Christian Democratic politician, who served as minister of state in two portfolios during the government of President Eduardo Frei Montalva. He played a prominent role in the Chilean agrarian reform process carried out under Frei's administration. He was also Chile's representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Hugo Trivelli | |
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.jpg) Hugo Trivelli (center), with President Eduardo Frei Montalva signing the decree promulgating the Agrarian Reform Law, 1967. | |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 3 November 1964 – 3 November 1970 | |
| President | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
| Preceded by | Ruy Barbosa Popolizio |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chonchol |
| Minister of Lands and Colonization | |
| In office 23 May 1967 – 21 May 1968 | |
| President | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
| Preceded by | Jaime Castillo Velasco |
| Succeeded by | Víctor González Maertens |
| In office 3 November 1964 – 16 December 1965 | |
| President | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
| Preceded by | Paulino Varas |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Castillo Velasco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1913 |
| Died | 24 March 2005 (aged 91) |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party (1957–2005) |
| Spouse | Mercedes Oyarzún Ivanovic |
| Children | 5 (among them, Hugo and Marcelo) |
| Parent(s) | Roque Trivelli Magdalena Franzolini |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Agronomist, politician |
Hugo Luciano Trivelli Franzolini (8 May 1913 – 24 March 2005) was a Chilean agronomist and Christian Democratic politician, who served as minister of state in two portfolios during the government of President Eduardo Frei Montalva.
He played a prominent role in the Chilean agrarian reform process carried out under Frei's administration. He was also Chile's representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Early life
[edit]He was the son of Roque Trivelli and Magdalena Franzolini. He spent his youth in his hometown and later in Rancagua, where he studied at the Instituto O’Higgins of the Marist Brothers, graduating in 1930. He later studied agronomy and law at the University of Chile, preparing dissertations on the agricultural and forestry sectors.[1]
He married Mercedes Oyarzún, through whom he became the brother-in-law of future President Patricio Aylwin, who married her sister Leonor Oyarzún.[2]
He was the father of Marcelo Trivelli, Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region (2001–2005); of Hugo Trivelli Oyarzún, president of the State Railways Company (1997–1998); and of Gonzalo, Pablo and Daniel.
Public career
[edit]In his early professional years, he worked in the Ministry of Agriculture, later at ECLAC and at the FAO.[1] In 1953, during the second administration of General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, he served as Director-General of Agriculture until 1954.
Politically, he was one of the founding members of the Christian Democratic Party in 1957.[1]
On 3 November 1964, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture, a post he held until 3 November 1970, when Frei's term ended. In that role, he worked actively on the Chilean agrarian reform.[1][3][4][5] He also served as Minister of Lands and Colonization on two occasions.
After the end of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990, he was appointed Chile's ambassador to the FAO by the first Concertación government.[6]
He also served as president of the Colegio de Agrónomos and the Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile.
He died in 2005 due to a severe vascular accident related to his advanced age.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Armando de Ramón et al., Biografías de chilenos: miembros de los poderes Ejecutivo, Legislativo y Judicial (1876–1973), Vol. IV, Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 2003, pp. 188–189.
- ^ El Mercurio (Santiago), 24 February 2002, p. D6
- ^ a b Emol, 26 March 2005
- ^ Emol, 25 March 2005
- ^ Terra
- ^ El Mercurio (Santiago), 16 June 1990, p. B22.