Sergio Bitar

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (October 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article.

Machine translation, like DeepLorGoogle Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.

Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.

You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at [[:es:Sergio Bitar]]; see its history for attribution.

You may also add the template {{Translated|es|Sergio Bitar}} to the talk page.

For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Sergio Bitar Chacra (born 30 December 1940) is a Chilean economist and politician who served as minister during the governments of Salvador Allende (1970−1973) and Michelle Bachelet (2006–2010).^[1]

Sergio Bitar


Minister of Public Works
In office 11 January 2008 – 11 March 2010
Preceded by	Eduardo Bitrán
Succeeded by	Hernán de Solminihac
President of the Party for Democracy
In office 17 Julio 2006 – 11 January 2008
Preceded by	Víctor Barrueto
Succeeded by	Pepe Auth
In office 3 April 1997 – 2 May 2000
Preceded by	Jorge Schaulsohn
Succeeded by	Guido Girardi
In office 11 September 1992 – 3 October 1994
Preceded by	Erich Schnake
Succeeded by	Jorge Schaulsohn
Minister of Education
In office 3 March 2003 – 14 December 2005
Preceded by	Mariana Aylwin
Succeeded by	Marigen Hornkohl
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2002
Preceded by	Humberto Palza
Succeeded by	Fernando Flores
Constituency	1st Circunscription
Minister of Mining
In office 11 March 1973 – 5 July 1973
Preceded by	Claudio Sepúlveda Donoso
Succeeded by	Pedro Felipe Ramírez

Personal details
Born	(1940-12-30) 30 December 1940 (age 83) Santiago, Chile
Political party	Christian Democratic Christian Left Socialist Party Party for Democracy
Spouse	María Eugenia Hirmas
Children	Three
Parent(s)	Julia Chacra Chacra Nazmir Bitar
Alma mater	University of Chile (BA) Harvard University (PhD)
Occupation	Politician, Researcher and Scholar
Profession	Economist

Sergio Bitar