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Carlos Larraín

Carlos Larraín

Chilean lawyer and politician

Carlos Aníbal Larraín Peña is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He represented Los Ríos in the Senate and was the president of National Renewal (Renovación Nacional).[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Larraín and the second or maternal family name is Peña.
Quick Facts Senator for Los Ríos, Preceded by ...

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 Larraín, ran over a man in his jeep and killed him, in September 2013 on a highway. After a 1st and 2nd judiciary process his son was acquitted of driving under the influence of alcohol. The final proves where that he phoned for emergency services for 50 minutes, then fled the scene, leaving two friends to account for what had happened.[3] No immediate blood test was performed, hence no blood alcohol level was established. The two former friends were later charged with obstruction of justice.[4] The case was largely public in social networks and media[5] and inspired the 2016 film Much Ado About Nothing.

References

  1. [1]
    Renovación Nacional leadership
  2. [2]
    Law firm biography Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Martín Larraín fue absuelto en segundo juicio por mortal atropello".
  4. [4]
    http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Nacional/2014/12/983277/penalistas-analizan-los-alcances-del-fallo-absolutorio-del-tribunal-de-cauquenes
  5. [5]
    "Las claves para entender qué cambió en los dos juicios contra Martín Larraín". 23 December 2014.


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