Carlos Peña González

Carlos Hernán Peña González (Chile, June 8, 1959) is a lawyer and university professor who is since 2005 rector of the Diego Portales University^[1] and Sunday columnist of El Mercurio. Peña is also vicepresident of CIPER Chile;^[2] member of the directory of Fundación Nicanor Parra;^[3] Counsellor of Teatro Municipal de Santiago;^[4] member of the directory of Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos^[5] and member of the Comisión de Verdad Histórica y Nuevo Trato con los Pueblos Indígenas (2001-2003).^[6] He was also a government advisor in the Reforma Procesal Penal (1994-2000) and family law (1989-1994).^[7]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Peña and the second or maternal family name is González.