Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Ibieta

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez de Arce and the second or maternal family name is Ibieta.

Hermógenes Pérez de Arce
Official portrait (2018)
Deputy of the Republic
In office 15 May 1973 – 21 September 1973
Preceded by	Gustavo Monckeberg Barros
Succeeded by	Dissolution of the position (After the 1973 coup d'état)
Personal details
Born	(1936-01-10) 10 January 1936 (age 89) Santiago, Chile
Political party	National Party (1983–1987) National Force (2019–)
Spouse	María Soledad Vial Valdés
Children	Four
Parent(s)	Jorge Pérez de Arce Plummer María Ibieta Egaña
Relatives	Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Lopetegui (great-grandfather) Guillermo Pérez de Arce (uncle)
Alma mater	Universidad de Chile (BA)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Ibieta (born 10 January 1936) is a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as deputy during Salvador Allende's government. In his country, he is commonly known for being a fierce supporter of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.[1] More precisely, he is known for being a leading denialist of the human rights violations in Pinochet's Chile.[1]

For long time Hermógenes Pérez de Arce was a regular columnist in El Mercurio.[2] He is also a writer and has written several books. In 2003 he was homaged in Casa Piedra by hard-line Pinochetists for "rescuing the historical truth of Chile".[2]

In December 2019 Pérez de Arce was expelled from the TV program Bienvenidos by hostress Tonka Tomicic for his repeated denialist comments.[1][3] Subsequently, Senator Alejandro Navarro proposed a Chilean law against denialism dubbed "Ley Hermógenes".[4]

See also

• Sergio Diez, another denialist of human rights violations of the Pinochet regime

References

1. "Hermógenes Pérez de Arce es expulsado del matinal "Bienvenidos" por negar violaciones de DDHH en dictadura de Pinochet" (in Spanish). El Mostrador. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
2. Vargas Acevido, Carolina; Figueroa Gomez, Lenin Mauricio; Bermudez Bautista, Emiliano (2015-01-01). Iniciativas oficiales del orden nacional de reconstrucción de la memoría histírica en el conflicto armado interno colombiano (Thesis) (in Spanish). Univesidad Cooperativa de Colombia.
3. "Tonka Tomicic echó a Hermógenes Pérez de Arce de "Bienvenidos" ante su evidente negacionismo". RedGol.
4. "Presentan proyecto "Ley Hermógenes" para castigar a quienes nieguen violaciones a DD.HH". CNN Chile. 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-01.

External links

• BCN Profile