Francisco Javier Vidal Salinas (born 20 September 1953) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

an politician and scholar. In 1971, he began his political career at the rightist National Party. He was

's Minister of National Defense from March 2009 to March 2010. Before this position he served as Minister Secretary General of Government of Chile during the administrations of

Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military di ...

and

Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...

and Interior Minister during Lagos's mandate. He is a professor of history at the

University of Chile The University of Chile () is a public university, public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

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* 1953 births Living people Ministers of defense of Chile Chilean people of Spanish descent Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy alumni University of Chile alumni National Party (Chile, 1966) politicians Party for Democracy (Chile) politicians Chilean Ministers Secretary General of Government Ministers of the interior of Chile Academic staff of the University of Chile {{Chile-politician-stub