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Gloria Ana Chevesich
Gloria Ana Chevesich Ruiz (born 4 November 1958) is a Chilean lawyer and judge. She is currently a minister of the Supreme Court of Chile, and previously served as president and minister of the . Career Gloria Ana Chevesich graduated from the Law School of the University of Chile. She entered the judiciary in June 1986, when she became rapporteur of the , a position she held until 1994. In March 1995, she was appointed rapporteur of the plenary of the Supreme Court. In that role, she participated in the process of lifting the parliamentary immunity of Augusto Pinochet, and was responsible for drafting the court's ruling. In October 2002, she was appointed minister of the Court of Appeals of Santiago. There she became known for assuming, on behalf of the Supreme Court, the investigation of the corruption case known as " MOP-Gate". This took over seven years to complete and resulted in the conviction of fourteen defendants, including former Public Works minister Carlos Cruz Loren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MOP-Gate Case
The MOP-Gate case (), was a high-profile investigation initiated by Judge Gloria Ana Chevesich in 2003. The case exposed widespread corruption within the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) in Chile, involving the embezzlement of funds and irregularities in the awarding of contracts. The investigation revealed that contractors had received approximately 1,250 million Chilean pesos (equivalent to approximately 415,000 USD at the time) from the MOP for works that were either non-executed or overpriced. Instead of being used for their intended purposes, the funds were diverted to Gate ("Gestión Territorial y Ambiental"), a consulting firm that distributed the money to 129 MOP clerks as "extra money." As a result of the probe, a total of 22 individuals from both the public and private sectors were charged with various crimes, including defrauding the state, fraud, and residual fraud. The case remained in the headlines for several years, with supporters of Judge Chevesich commending her ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Chile
The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile. Composition According to the present Constitution of Chile, the Senate is composed of forty-three directly elected senators, chosen by universal popular suffrage vote in 16 senatorial circumscriptions. These serve eight-year terms, with half of them being replaced every fourth year. They must be eligible to vote, have completed secondary school, or its equivalent, and be at least 35 years old. The Senate meets at the new National Congress building located in the port city of Valparaíso that replaced the old National Congress building located in downtown Santiago, the nation's capital. Abolition of the unelected Amendments to the Constitution, approved by a joint session of Congress on August 16, 2005, eliminated non-directly elected senators from March 11, 2006, the day 20 newly elected senators were sworn in, leaving the total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Chile Alumni
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Chile Members
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