Carlos Larraín

Carlos Larraín
Senator of Chile
For Los Rios Region
Assumed office
January 17, 2011
Leader of National Renewal
Assumed office
2006
Personal details
Born (1942-11-18) November 18, 1942
Chile
Nationality Chilean
Political party National Renewal (2003-)
National Party (1970-73)
Spouse(s) Victoria Hurtado
Children 12
Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University
Catholic University of Louvain
Occupation Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholicism (Opus Dei)

Carlos Larraín is the President of National Renewal (Renovación Nacional).[1]

Biography

Carlos Larraín Peña received an LL.B. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1967, and an M.A. from the Université catholique de Louvain in 1968.[2]

In 1994, he started Larrain y Asociados Ltda., a law firm.[2] In 1996, he was elected as a councilor in Las Condes, and re-elected in 2000, 2004, and 2008.[1] He now serves as the President of National Renewal.[1]

He is a member of the Larraín family.

He is married to Victoria Hurtado and has twelve children. He declares to be a devout Roman Catholic and member of the Opus Dei.

His son, Martín Larrian, ran over a man in his jeep, in September 2013 on a highway. After a long period of trial and the opinion of many unscrupulous people that did not have accurate information and were driven mainly by political hate, his son was absolved, after a second judiciary process.[3] The final proves where that he stayed at least 50 minutes in the place of the accident (proven that he called the emergency services three times , and that it was not possible to prove that he was driving under the influence of alcohol.[4] The case was largely public in social networks and media.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Renovación Nacional leadership
  2. 1 2 Law firm biography
  3. ↑ http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Nacional/2014/12/983277/penalistas-analizan-los-alcances-del-fallo-absolutorio-del-tribunal-de-cauquenes
  4. ↑ http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/policial/accidentes-de-transito/martin-larrain-fue-absuelto-en-segundo-juicio-por-mortal-atropello/2014-12-23/094320.html
  5. ↑ http://www.theclinic.cl/2014/12/23/las-claves-para-entender-que-cambio-en-los-dos-juicios-contra-martin-larrain/

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