Juan Emilio Cheyre

Juan Emilio Cheyre Espinoza (born October 10 1947) is a retired Chilean Army General. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 2002 to 2006. As Commander-in-Chief he attempted to distance the Army from former dictator General Augusto Pinochet, and condemned the human rights abuses of Pinochet's dictatorship.

In 2003, Cheyre as Commander-in-Chief of the Army issued an historically relevant document titled "Chilean Army: End of a Vision," in which he stated that the military would "never again" subvert democracy in Chile. [http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20041105/pags/20041105090447.html]

Cheyre was succeeded as Commander-in-Chief by Army General Oscar Izurieta on March 10, 2006. He is currently working as an academic at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Qualifications

Some of Cheyre's academic qualifications include:

* Licenciate in Military Sciences (Army War Academy)
* Master of Science in Political Science (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)
* Master of Military Sciences (Army War Academy — it corresponds to the regular course every officer should accomplish, see Licenciate above)
* Ph.D. in Political Science and Sociology (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)