Rodrigo Javier Hinzpeter Kirberg (born 27 October 1965) is a

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an lawyer and politician. He was one of the founders of National Renewal, a center-right political party. He was appointed

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on 11 March 2010 by

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. On 5 November 2012 he was appointed

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and his term ended on 11 March 2014. Hinzpeter currently works for the

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holding and was present during its negotiations with Grupo Cartes in June 2022.

Biography

Hinzpeter was born in Santiago to a

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ish family. He is married and the father of three children. Hinzpeter studied at the Doctor Chaim Weizmann Hebrew Institute until he was expelled. He graduated from high school at Liceo Alexander Fleming, a subsidized private school. He then studied law at the

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and then was accepted at the

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(PUC) through a special admission vacancy. He subsequently majored in legal and social sciences at the university, obtaining his law degree from the Chilean Supreme Court. Hinzpeter was a professor of civil law at the PUC, and he is the author of ''La hipoteca'' (1993). Hinzpeter is a member of the Chilean Bar Association and he worked as an attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in

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. Hinzpeter has combined his practice as a lawyer with an active role in Chilean politics. He is one of the founders of National Renewal, where he was national secretary and first vice-president. He was a member of its political committee. In 2005, he acted as campaign manager for President-elect Sebastián Piñera and as his general coordinator during the recent presidential elections.

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1965 births Living people Politicians from Santiago Chilean Jews National Renewal (Chile) politicians Chilean Ministers of the Interior Chilean Ministers of Defense Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Chilean people of Austrian-Jewish descent Chilean people of Russian-Jewish descent Chilean people of Argentine-Jewish descent Chilean people of German-Jewish descent 20th-century Chilean lawyers 21st-century Chilean lawyers {{Chile-politician-stub