Background
BENAVIDES, Lieutenant-Cesar was born on March 12, 1920 in Santiago.
BENAVIDES, Lieutenant-Cesar was born on March 12, 1920 in Santiago.
Military School, Military Engineering School, Academy, of War, Signal School, Fort Monmouth, United States of America, Academy, of National Defence.
Commander 8th “Membrillar” Telecommunications Regiment 1963. Director School of Telecommunications 1966. Military, Naval and Air Force Attache, Chilean Embassy in Ecuador 1967.
Head of Army Telecommunications 1970.
Director Academy, of War 1971. Director Army Operations 1972.
Director of Army Instruction 1972. Commander Military Instituts 1973.
Commander in Chief V-Division of Army and Quartermaster General, Province of Magallanes 1974.
Minister of State, Ministry of Interior 1974, of National Defence 1978. Minister of Transport and Telecommunications April 1978-1987. Numerous military decorations.
Married Maria del Carmen Montero Marin.