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Chilean lawyer and politician In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Larraín and the second or maternal family name is Peña.
Carlos Larraín
Senator for Los Ríos
In office
January 17, 2011 – March 11, 2014
Preceded byAndrés Allamand Zavala
Succeeded byEna von Baer
Personal details
Born (1942-11-18) November 18, 1942 (age 82)
Chile
Political party
SpouseVictoria Hurtado
Children12
Alma mater
OccupationLawyer

Carlos Aníbal Larraín Peña is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He represented Los Ríos in the Senate and was the president of National Renewal (Renovación Nacional).

Biography

Carlos Larraín Peña received an LL.B. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1967, and an M.A. from the Université catholique de Louvain in 1968.

In 1994, he started Larrain y Asociados Ltda., a law firm. In 1996, he was elected as a councilor in Las Condes, and re-elected in 2000, 2004, and 2008. He now serves as the President of National Renewal.

He is a member of the Larraín family.

He is married to Victoria Hurtado and has twelve children. He declares to be a devout Roman Catholic and member of the Opus Dei.

His son, Martín Larraín, ran over a man in his jeep and killed him, in September 2013 on a highway. After a 1st and 2nd judiciary process his son was acquitted of driving under the influence of alcohol. The final proves where that he phoned for emergency services for 50 minutes, then fled the scene, leaving two friends to account for what had happened. No immediate blood test was performed, hence no blood alcohol level was established. The two former friends were later charged with obstruction of justice. The case was largely public in social networks and media and inspired the 2016 film Much Ado About Nothing.

References

  1. ^ Renovación Nacional leadership
  2. ^ Law firm biography Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Martín Larraín fue absuelto en segundo juicio por mortal atropello".
  4. "Caso Martín Larraín: Penalistas analizan los alcances del fallo absolutorio del Tribunal de Cauquenes". www.lasegunda.com (in Spanish). 24 December 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. "Las claves para entender qué cambió en los dos juicios contra Martín Larraín". 23 December 2014.

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