Pinera at a glance
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-20 07:42
Will succeed President Michelle Bachelet on March 11.
Born in December 1949 in Santiago. The billionaire businessman's holdings include the airline LAN Chile and the publisher Los Andes. Some holdings are in blind trusts; others he has pledged to sell.
Served as Chile's ambassador to Belgium and to the United Nations before entering the Senate from 1990 to 1998.
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