Hernán Larraín

Infobox Officeholder
name=Hernán Larraín

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office=Senator of the Republic
term_start=March 11, 2004
disrict="Circunscripción XI" (11th district, Maule Region (South))
office2=President of the Senate of Chile
term_start2=March 11, 2004
term_end2=March 11, 2005
predecessor2=Andrés Zaldívar
successor2=Sergio Romero
office3=President of the UDI
term_start3=July 1, 2006
predecessor3=Jovino Novoa
party=Independent Democrat Union (UDI)
otherparty=Alianza por Chile
birth_place=September 21, 1947
birth_place=Santiago de Chile, Chile
spouse=Magdalena Matte Lecaros
children=6 children
alma_mater=Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
profession=Lawyer
religion=Christian
website= [http://www.hernanlarrain.cl/ www.hernanlarrain.cl]

Hernán Larraín Fernández (born September 21, 1947) is a conservative Chilean lawyer, university lecturer, and politician; he is a current Senator and former President of the Senate, and is also currently serving as the president of the Independent Democrat Union. Larraín was elected to the Senate representing the 11th district, the Maule Region (south), on March 11, 1994. He served as President of the Senate from March 11, 2004, until March 11, 2005. On July 1, 2006 he became the President of the Independent Democrat Union ("Unión Demócrata Independiente") political party.

Larraín is married to Magdalena Matte Lecaros, and the two have six children.

Early years

Hernán Larraín was born in Santiago de Chile. He studied at the Saint George's College. He entered the School of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and received a law degree in 1971. At the university, Larraín obtained the "J.Tocornal" and "P.Montenegro" awards, given to the best student of the class. Larraín received a scholarship from the Ford Foundation to pursue his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at the London School of Economics.

Larraín has been professor of the School of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he served as Secretary-General. Despite having belonged to the "Gremialista" movement, he did not join the Independent Democrat Union until after the assassination of its founder Jaime Guzmán in 1991.

External links

* [http://www.hernanlarrain.cl Official site of Hernán Larraín]
* [http://www.senado.cl/prontus_senado/antialone.html?page=http://www.senado.cl/prontus_biografias/site/artic/20050808/pags/20050808175714.html Biography on Senado.cl]
* [http://biografias.bcn.cl/pags/biografias/detalle_par.php?id=138 Biography on BCN.cl, National Congressional Library]