Eduardo Figueroa Geisse | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 15 September 1960 – 18 October 1961 | |
| President | Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Roberto Vergara |
| Succeeded by | Luis Mackenna Shiell |
| Minister of Mining | |
| In office 9 May 1959 – 24 July 1969 | |
| President | Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Roberto Vergara |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Vergara |
| President of theCentral Bank | |
| In office 1959 – 14 September 1960 | |
| President | Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Arturo Maschke |
| Succeeded by | Luis Mackenna Shiell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1916-02-12)12 February 1916 |
| Died | 2 December 2000(2000-12-02) (aged 84) |
| Spouse | Teresa Orrego Lyon |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Profession | Civil engineer |
Eduardo Figueroa Geisse (12 February 1916 – 2 December 2000) was a Chileanengineer,economist,businessman, and consultant.
He served asMinister of Finance under PresidentJorge Alessandri and as president of theCentral Bank of his country for a two-year period between 1959 and 1961.
His parents were Héctor Figueroa Vial and Ema Geisse. He married Teresa Orrego Lyon.[1]
He studied at the Andrés Bello Institute in Santiago and later pursuedcivil engineering at theUniversity of Chile, qualifying as an engineer in 1940.[1]
After graduating, Figueroa joined the state-ownedCorporation for the Promotion of Production (CORFO), where he led the project that enabled the implementation of theSan Vicente steel plant of thePacific Steel Company (CAP). He later becamegeneral manager of that unit.[1]
In 1959, he was appointed president of theCentral Bank of Chile by PresidentJorge Alessandri Rodríguez, a position he held until 1961.[2] During the same presidential administration, he also served for slightly over one year asMinister of Finance.[1][3][4]
He served as Chile's governor to theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF).[1] He was also a member of the Institute of Engineers of Chile.[1]