Tulio Marambio

Tulio Manuel Marambio Marchant was a Chilean military officer and academic. He served as Minister of Defense during the administration of President Eduardo Frei Montalva from 1968 to 1969.

Family and education

He was the son of Manuel Jesús Marambio and Rosa Amelia Marchant.
He entered the Bernardo O'Higgins Military School in Santiago, reaching the rank of lieutenant in 1932, captain in 1939, major in 1948, lieutenant colonel in 1953, colonel in 1959, brigadier general in 1965, and divisional general in 1967.

He worked as a professor of history, military strategy and tactics, eventually becoming director of the Chilean Army War Academy in 1964.
Abroad, he served as a military adviser and attaché in various Chilean missions.
In 1968, the same year of his retirement from the Chilean Army, President Eduardo Frei Montalva appointed him Minister of Defense. During his tenure he faced the crisis of the Tacnazo, which ultimately led to his departure from government.
Later in 1988, he gained public attention when he publicly supported the “No” option in the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, which led to the end of the rule of General Augusto Pinochet.