Julio Canessa

Lieutenant General Julio Canessa Roberts (born March 19, 1925) is a Chilean military and political figure. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the Army. He was also a designated Senator between 1998 and 2006.

General Canessa was Army Vice Commander-in-chief and a member of the Government Junta from 1983 to 1985. He was replaced by Humberto Gordon.^[1] In 1998, he was designated Senator after a nomination from the National Security Council. As a Senator he opposed the Concert of Parties for Democracy on the Indigenous law, seeing it as bad for development,^[2] and in 2001 he defended landmines as necessary.^[3] Later the positions of the Designated Senators were eliminated because of the Constitutional Reforms of 2004.

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Preceded by César Benavides	Member of Government Junta 1985-1986	Succeeded by Humberto Gordon

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[1] Los Angeles Times

[2] Pobladoras, indígenas, and the state: conflicts over women's rights in Chile by Patricia Richards, pg 137

[3] Landmine monitor report 2002: toward a mine-free world by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, pg 171

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