Mario Fernández Baeza

Mario Fernández Baeza
Interior Minister of Chile
In office
8 June 2016  11 March 2018
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byJorge Burgos
Succeeded byAndrés Chadwick
Defense Minister of Chile
In office
11 March 2000  7 January 2002
PresidentRicardo Lagos
Preceded byEdmundo Pérez Yoma
Succeeded byMichelle Bachelet
Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency
In office
7 January 2002  3 March 2003
PresidentRicardo Lagos
Preceded byÁlvaro García Hurtado
Succeeded byFrancisco Huenchumilla
Personal details
Born (1947-11-22) 22 November 1947
Rancagua, Chile
Political partyChristian Democratic Party (Chile)
EducationUniversidad de Chile
Heidelberg University

Mario Adolfo del Carmen Fernández Baeza (born 22 November 1947 in Rancagua) is a Chilean lawyer, professor and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the Minister of the Interior and Public Security in Michelle Bachelet's second term.

Previously he served as Minister of State of president Ricardo Lagos, minister of the Chilean Constitutional Court (2006-2011), and ambassador of Chile to Germany, Austria, and Uruguay.