Hugo Enrique Dolmestch Urra (born 1 December 1944) is a Chilean lawyer, judge, and teacher.[1] He was a Minister of the Supreme Court of Chile, and was its President from 2016 to 2018.
Hugo Dolmestch | |
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| President of the Supreme Court of Chile | |
| In office 6 January 2016 – 8 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Muñoz Gajardo |
| Succeeded by | Haroldo Brito |
| Minister of the Supreme Court of Chile | |
| In office 1 August 2006 – 29 November 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugo Enrique Dolmestch Urra 1 December 1944 Parral, Chile |
| Spouse | Ruth Ulloa Neira |
| Occupation | Judge, lawyer, teacher |
Family and studies
editHugo Dolmestch was born in Parral in 1944, the son of Carlos Dolmestch Gómez and Adriana Urra Carrasco.
He completed his basic studies at the Escuela Superior de Hombres No. 1 in his hometown, and secondary studies at the Normal School of Curicó, from 1958 to 1963, where he was certified as a teacher of Basic Education. Later he entered the University of Concepción's Law School, becoming a lawyer in 1974.[2]
He is married to Ruth Ulloa Neira.[3]
Judicial career
editIn December 1978, Dolmestch assumed the position of public defender of the Parral Court of Letters. He was secretary of the Río Bueno Court of Letters, judge of the Bulnes Court of Letters, rapporteur of the Chillán Courts of Appeals, and of the Supreme Court. He was appointed Minister of the Santiago Court of Appeals in 1995.[4]
On 1 August 2006 he became a Minister of the Supreme Court of Chile,[4] having been nominated by President Michelle Bachelet and ratified by the Senate.[5] In that court he is a member of the Criminal Chamber, where he has had to resolve cases of soldiers involved in crimes during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, in which he has imposed the so-called "Dolmestch doctrine", which consists of granting benefits and reductions of punishment to the accused who cooperate with the investigation. This has been criticized as a "disguised amnesty" by groups of relatives of the dictatorship's victims.[6]
On 28 May 2012, he was appointed spokesman of the Supreme Court by seniority.[7] On 18 December 2015 he was elected President of the Supreme Court for the 2016–2018 biennium, succeeding Sergio Muñoz Gajardo.[8] He took office on 6 January 2016. On 8 January 2018 he was succeeded by Haroldo Brito.[9] His term as Minister of the Supreme Court ended on 29 November 2019.[10]
References
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- ^ "Designación de señor Hugo Enrique Dolmestch Urra como ministro de la Corte Suprema" [Designation of Mr. Hugo Enrique Dolmestch Urra as Minister of the Supreme Court]. Diario de sesiones (in Spanish). Senate of Chile. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Abogado UdeC es elegido presidente de la Corte Suprema" [UdeC Lawyer is Elected President of the Supreme Court]. Panorama (in Spanish). University of Concepción. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ López, Erik (18 December 2015). "Hugo Dolmestch es el nuevo presidente de la Corte Suprema" [Hugo Dolmestch is the New President of the Supreme Court] (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Asume ministro Hugo Dolmestch" (in Spanish). Judiciary of Chile. 1 August 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Aprobado nombramiento de ministro Hugo Dolmestch a la Corte Suprema" [Appointment of Minister Hugo Dolmestch to the Supreme Court Approved] (in Spanish). Valparaíso: Senate of Chile. 12 July 2006. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ Escalante, Jorge (4 October 2009). "La doctrina Suprema: condena, pero no encarcela" [The Supreme Doctrine: Condemns, But Does Not Imprison]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Corte Suprema designó a ministro Hugo Dolmestch como su nuevo vocero" [Supreme Court Appoints Minister Hugo Dolmestch as its New Spokesman]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 29 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ González, Andrea (18 December 2015). "Eligen a Hugo Dolmestch como nuevo presidente de la Corte Suprema" [Hugo Dolmestch Elected as New President of the Supreme Court]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Haroldo Brito asumió como nuevo presidente de la Corte Suprema" [Haroldo Brito Takes Over as New President of the Supreme Court]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ "Ministro Hugo Dolmestch abandona la Corte Suprema". El Mercurio legal (in Spanish). 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2019-12-01.