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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.
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. 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, and in 2001 he defended landmines as necessary. 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.
Military officer and politician. He served as an Institutional Senator for the period 1998–2006, representing the Chilean Army. He was a member of the Government Junta between 1985 and 1987, representing the Army.
He was born in Antofagasta on 19 March 1925. He was the son of Juan Bautista Canessa Jorquera, a naval officer and naval engineer, and Julia Robert.
He married Adriana Benavente Sanhueza. They had one daughter and two sons.
In 1942, he entered the Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military School, obtaining a bachelor’s degree the following year. After several years, he was assigned to the School of Application in Turin, Italy, where he completed courses in Infantry and Armored Cavalry. Upon his return to Chile, he entered the Army War Academy, where he completed the Regular General Staff Course, graduating first in his class in 1959 and earning the rank of General Staff Officer and Academy Professor.
Between 1944 and 1954, he served in the Mountain Infantry Regiment No. 3 “Yungay” and at the Infantry School. In 1956, he served as an instructor at the Military School, and between 1960 and 1961 he was in charge of the Weapons Classes School Battalion at the Infantry School.
Between 1962 and 1964, he carried out teaching duties as Professor of Tactics and Operations and Intelligence at the Army War Academy.
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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.
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. 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, and in 2001 he defended landmines as necessary. 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.
Military officer and politician. He served as an Institutional Senator for the period 1998–2006, representing the Chilean Army. He was a member of the Government Junta between 1985 and 1987, representing the Army.
He was born in Antofagasta on 19 March 1925. He was the son of Juan Bautista Canessa Jorquera, a naval officer and naval engineer, and Julia Robert.
He married Adriana Benavente Sanhueza. They had one daughter and two sons.
In 1942, he entered the Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military School, obtaining a bachelor’s degree the following year. After several years, he was assigned to the School of Application in Turin, Italy, where he completed courses in Infantry and Armored Cavalry. Upon his return to Chile, he entered the Army War Academy, where he completed the Regular General Staff Course, graduating first in his class in 1959 and earning the rank of General Staff Officer and Academy Professor.
Between 1944 and 1954, he served in the Mountain Infantry Regiment No. 3 “Yungay” and at the Infantry School. In 1956, he served as an instructor at the Military School, and between 1960 and 1961 he was in charge of the Weapons Classes School Battalion at the Infantry School.
Between 1962 and 1964, he carried out teaching duties as Professor of Tactics and Operations and Intelligence at the Army War Academy.