2023 in Chile

See also: 2023 in South America

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The following is a list of events in the year 2023 in Chile.

Incumbents

• President:
  • Gabriel Boric (CS)

Events

• 3 February: The government expands its state of emergency due to wildfires that began on 31 January and have burned up to 8,000 hectares. It also declares a catastrophe in the Biobío region amid a summer heat wave.^[1]
• 19–24 February: LXII Viña del Mar International Song Festival^[2]
• 29 March: Chile detects its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a 53-year-old man.^[3]

• 20 October-5 November: 2023 Pan American Games^[4]
• 27 October: Thousands of people gather in Santiago to rally in protest against Israel’s military actions in Gaza.^[5]
• 6 November: Fourteen Venezuelan migrants are killed in a fire at a housing settlement in Coronel, Concepción.^[6]
• 15 December: Chile's police arrest at least 55 people in one of the country's largest fiscal fraud cases, amounting to about $275 million and implicating small- and mid-sized companies in different parts of the country. The suspects will stand trial for tax crimes, criminal association, money laundering, customs fraud and making false declarations.^[7]
• 17 December: 2023 Chilean constitutional referendum: By a margin of 56% to 44%, Chileans vote to reject the proposed new constitution drafted by the Constitutional Council.^[8]

Deaths

• 1 January: Francisco Bozinovic, 63, Chilean-Croatian biologist and academic.^[9]
• 4 January: Marino Penna, 93, chemical engineer and politician, deputy (1965–1973).^[10]
• 6 January: Paula Quintana, 66, sociologist and politician.^[11]
• 16 January: Lupe Serrano, 92, Chilean-born American ballerina.^[12]
• 21 January: Stephanie Subercaseaux, 38, racing cyclist.^[13]
• 11 February: Tito Fernández, 80, singer-songwriter.^[14]
• 16 February: Aníbal Palma, 87, politician and diplomat, minister general secretariat of government (1973), minister of education (1972) and housing and urbanism (1973).^[15]
• 22 February: Tatiana Lobo, 83, Chilean-born Costa Rican writer.^[16]
• 25 February: Sixtus Josef Parzinger, 91, Austrian-Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Villarrica (2001–2009).
• 17 March: Jorge Edwards, 91, novelist and diplomat, ambassador to France (2010–2014).^[17]
• 20 March: Eduardo Ravani, 81, comedian.^[18]
• 26 March: Claudia Schüler, 35, field hockey player (national team).^[19]
• 6 May: Néstor Matamala, 82, football manager (Motagua, Real España, Olimpia).^[20]
• 22 May: Erick Pohlhammer, 68, poet.^[21]
• 1 June: Pedro Messone, 88, singer, composer and actor.^[22]
• 11 July: David Rosenmann-Taub, 96, poet, musician and artist.^[23]
• 20 July: José Sulantay, 83, football player (Deportes La Serena) and manager (Coquimbo Unido, Deportes La Serena).^[24]
• 21 July: Malú Urriola, 56, poet.^[25]
• 24 July: Cecilia Pantoja, 79, singer-songwriter.^[26]
• 4 August: Luis Alarcón, 93, actor (Jackal of Nahueltoro, Julio comienza en julio, Three Sad Tigers).^[27]
• 17 August: Hugo Álamos Vásquez, 90, agronomic engineer and politician, deputy (1969–1973, 1990–1994).^[28]
• 24 August: Belisario Velasco, 87, politician, minister of the interior (2006–2008).^[29]
• 29 August:
  • Hernán Chacón Soto, 86, military officer, convicted kidnapper and murderer of Víctor Jara.^[30]
  • Guillermo Teillier, 79, Chilean politician, deputy (2010–2022)^[31]
• 10 September: Hernán Carrasco, 100, football manager (Águila, Colo-Colo, El Salvador national team).
• 18 September: Grimanesa Jiménez, 86, actress (La Colorina, Papi Ricky).^[32]
• 1 October: Roberto Thieme, 80, political activist.^[33]
• 5 October:Jacques Chonchol, 97, politician, minister of agriculture (1970–1972).^[34]
• 18 October: Alberto Jerez Horta, 96, lawyer, visual artist and politician, senator (1969–1973) and deputy (1961–1969).^[35]
• 22 October: Enrique Maluenda, 88, television host.^[36]
• 28 October:Juan Álvarez, 80, footballer (San Luis, Santiago Wanderers, Deportes La Serena).^[37]
• 12 November: Joan Jara, 96, British-Chilean dancer and human rights activist.^[38]
• 16 November: Fernando Jara, 93, footballer (Universidad Católica, 1952 Olympics).^[39]
• 17 November: Luis Larraín, 42, LGBT rights activist.^[40]
• 25 November: Julio Anderson, 74, bass guitarist (Los Jaivas).^[41]
• 26 November: Rodolfo Stange, 98, police officer and politician, senator (1998–2005) and member of the government junta (1985–1990).^[42]
• 29 November: Luis Bates, 89, lawyer and politician, minister of justice (2003–2006).^[43]
• 7 December: Pedro Velásquez, 59, politician, lawyer and convicted fraudster, deputy (2010–2014, 2018–2022) and mayor of Coquimbo (1992–2006).^[44]
• 17 December: John Biehl, 84, lawyer, political scientist, and diplomat, minister secretary-general of the Presidency (1998–1999).^[45]
• 21 December: Carmen Barros, 98, actress (La Fiebre del Loco, The Guest), singer and theatre director.^[46]

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