Pedro Ewing


Pedro Ewing Hodar was a Chilean brigadier general and government minister. He served as Minister Secretary General of Government during the military regime led by General Augusto Pinochet.

Military career and public service

Ewing entered the Military School of Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins as a cadet in 1943, receiving his commission as an artillery second lieutenant. He served as an instructor at the Chilean Army War Academy, teaching Military Geography, Military History and Strategy.
Following the military coup of 11 September 1973, he became Secretary to the Governing Junta, and shortly thereafter was appointed Minister Secretary General of Government between September 1973 and July 1974. On 10 October 1974, he appeared at a press conference presenting what he referred to as “returned MIR funds,” allegedly seized from the residence of Miguel Enríquez, Secretary General of the Revolutionary Left Movement.
In 1975, he was appointed Military Attaché in Madrid, Spain. He retired with the rank of brigadier general in 1977.
In March 1979 he became Director of Borders and Boundaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile.

Decorations