- Juan Emilio Cheyre
Juan Emilio Cheyre Espinoza (born
October 10 1947 ) is a retiredChile an Army General. He wasCommander-in-Chief of theChile an Army from 2002 to 2006. As Commander-in-Chief he attempted to distance the Army from former dictator GeneralAugusto 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 onMarch 10 ,2006 . He is currently working as an academic at thePontifical 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 )
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