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Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux (July 3, 1919 – September 7, 2011) was aChileanpolitician,lawyer anddiplomat.[1] Valdes served as theMinister of Foreign Affairs of Chile underPresidentEduardo Frei Montalva from 1964 to 1970.[2] A vocal opponent of themilitary dictatorship ofAugusto Pinochet, which held power from 1973 to 1990, Valdés worked for Chile's transition todemocracy.[2]
Valdes served asPresident of the Senate of Chile, considered the second most important office in the country after the presidency, from 1990 to 1996.[2] He retired from theSenate in 2006.[2]
Gabriel Valdés died frombronchitis on September 7, 2011, at his home inSantiago, Chile, at the age of 92.[2] He had recently been admitted as a patient at Clínica Alemana for treatment of a long illness.[2]
Gabriel Valdés married composerSylvia Soublette in 1946. Their sons areJuan Gabriel Valdés, Chile's former Ambassador to the United States, andMaximiano Valdés, musician and conductor, former music director of theBuffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
During his tenure as Minister of Foreign Affairs theAlto Palena–Encuentro River dispute was solved under the 1966 arbitration award in whichQueen Elizabeth II mediated. Also the killing ofHernán Merino in theLaguna del Desierto incident happen in 1965.[3]
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