Julio Canessa

Lieutenant General Julio Canessa Roberts (19 March 1925 – 24 January 2015) was a Chilean military and political figure. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the Army. He was also a designated Senator between 1998 and 2006.

Canessa circa 1998

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Canessa and the second or maternal family name is Roberts.

General Canessa was Army Vice Commander-in-chief from 1983 to 1985 and a member of the Government Junta from 1985 to 1986. He was replaced by Humberto Gordon.^[1] In 1998, he was designated Senator after a nomination from the National Security Council. As a Senator he opposed the Concert of Parties for Democracy on the Indigenous law, seeing it as bad for development,^[2] and in 2001 he defended landmines as necessary.^[3] Later the positions of the Designated Senators were eliminated because of the Constitutional Reforms of 2004. He died at the age of 89 on 24 January 2015.^[4]

References

1. Los Angeles Times
2. Pobladoras, indígenas, and the state: conflicts over women's rights in Chile by Patricia Richards, pg 137
3. Landmine monitor report 2002: toward a mine-free world by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, pg 171
4. "Fallece Julio Canessa, miembro de la Junta Militar de Gobierno entre 1985 y 1986". Biobío Chile (in Spanish). 24 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by César Benavides	Member of Government Junta 1985–1986	Succeeded by Humberto Gordon