José Miguel Insulza Salinas (born June 2, 1943) is a Chilean politician and statesman. He is currently (since May 26, 2005) the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. He is nicknamed El Panzer, for his tank-like drive and reputation due to his ability to take political heat with little apparent damage. He is married to Mexican Georgina Núñez Reyes and has three children.
Insulza attended St George's College, an elite American E...
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José Miguel Insulza Salinas (born June 2, 1943) is a Chilean politician and statesman. He is currently (since May 26, 2005) the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. He is nicknamed El Panzer, for his tank-like drive and reputation due to his ability to take political heat with little apparent damage. He is married to Mexican Georgina Núñez Reyes and has three children.
Insulza attended St George's College, an elite American English-language school in Santiago, Chile. He showed interest in public service while studying law at the University of Chile, where he was vice president of the students' federation. After graduating from law school, he obtained a graduate degree from the Latin American Social Sciences Faculty (FLACSO) and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Michigan, United States. He was professor of Political Theory at the University of Chile and of Political Science at the Catholic University in Chile until 1973. He was also...
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