Ángel Flisfisch Fernández (9 May 1941 – 8 May 2022) was a Chilean diplomat lawyer, researcher, and politician. He held various relevant positions during the administrations of the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia governed the country between 1990 and 2010. He served as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile from 2009 to 2010 and Ambassador of Chile in Singapore.[1][2][3]

Angel Flisfisch
Flisfisch in March 2009.
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile
In office
18 November 2009 – 11 March 2010
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byAlberto van Klaveren
Succeeded byFernando Schmidt
Chilean Undersecretary of the Navy
In office
2000–2002
PresidentRicardo Lagos
Preceded byRenán Fuentealba Vildósola
Succeeded byPatricio Morales Aguirre
Chilean Undersecretary of Aviation
In office
13 November 1995 – 11 March 2000
PresidentEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Preceded byMario Fernández Baeza
Succeeded byNelson Hadad Heresy
Undersecretary General of the Presidency of Chile
In office
11 March 1994 – 1 June 1995
PresidentEduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Preceded byRicardo Solari
Succeeded byJorge Rosenblut Ratinoff
Personal details
Born(1941-05-09)9 May 1941
Died8 May 2022(2022-05-08) (aged 80)
Residence(s)Santiago, Chile
Alma materUniversity of Chile
ProfessionLawyer

Education

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He studied law at the University of Chile and did postgraduate studies in political science at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and at the University of Michigan, where he obtained a master's degree in political science.[4]

Career

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He served as Undersecretary of Aviation, Under Secretary of the Navy, and Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. He also held the position of Secretary Pro Tempore of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), and Director of Planning of the Foreign Affairs. At the academic level, he was director of FLACSO in Santiago and a member of the board of directors of Universidad Diego Portales. He also published in the Center for Sociological Research (CIS) and the Center for Public Studies (CEP).[5][6]

Publications

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  • Studies on the party system in Chile.
  • Consensus, pact, project, and democratic stability.
  • Politics as a democratic commitment.
  • Conceptual models of politics.
  • Intellectuals and institutions of culture.
  • Parties and Democracy.
  • Chilean Neoliberalism: the functions of dogmatism.
  • The spirit of democratic capitalism

References

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  1. ^ "MFA Press Statement – Presentation of Credentials". www.mfa.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  2. ^ "Fallece Ángel Flisfisch, ex subsecretario de Ricardo Lagos y de Michelle Bachelet". La Tercera. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  3. ^ "Flisfisch Fernandez Angel – Anales de la República" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  4. ^ Flisfisch, Angel; Moulian, Tomás (1985). Estudios sobre el sistema de partidos en Chile. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. OL 2623226M. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  5. ^ "La política como compromiso democrático". libreria.cis.es. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  6. ^ "El espíritu del capitalismo democrático – Centro de Estudios Públicos". www.cepchile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-11.