{"id":"carlos-davila","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-davila","language":"en","name":"Carlos Dávila","name_en":"Carlos Dávila","name_ne":null,"description":"Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)","headline":"Chilean diplomat, journalist and politician (1887-1955)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza was a Chilean political figure, journalist, chairman of the Government Junta of Chile in 1932, and secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) from 1954 until his death in 1955.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"15 September 1887","date":"1887-09-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Los Ángeles","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16910"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"19 October 1955","date":"1955-10-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Washington, D.C.","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Chile","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Socialist Party of Chile","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q823648"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Chile","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232141"},{"text":"University of Santiago","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1259453"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Herminia Arrate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9003179"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (31 July 1954 – 19 October 1955)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6123153","start":"1954-07-31","end":"1955-10-19"},{"text":"President of Chile (16 July 1932 – 13 September 1932)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466956","start":"1932-07-16","end":"1932-09-13"},{"text":"ambassador of Chile to the United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114242680"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Maria Moors Cabot Prizes","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2113","date":"1941"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_D%C3%A1vila","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Carlos Dávila born?","a":"Carlos Dávila was born on 15 September 1887 in Los Ángeles."},{"q":"What positions has Carlos Dávila held?","a":"Positions held by Carlos Dávila include: General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (1954–1955); President of Chile (1932–1932); ambassador of Chile to the United States."},{"q":"Where did Carlos Dávila study?","a":"Carlos Dávila was educated at University of Chile, University of Santiago."}],"related":[{"name":"Miguel Ángel Rodríguez","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/miguel-angel-rodriguez"},{"name":"Galo Plaza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/galo-plaza"},{"name":"Alberto Lleras Camargo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alberto-lleras-camargo"},{"name":"César Gaviria","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cesar-gaviria"},{"name":"Ramón Freire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ramon-freire"},{"name":"Pedro Dartnell","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pedro-dartnell"},{"name":"Emilio Bello Codesido","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emilio-bello-codesido"},{"name":"José Antonio Kast","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-antonio-kast"},{"name":"Gabriel Boric","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gabriel-boric"},{"name":"Sebastián Piñera","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sebastian-pinera"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/carlos-davila-cf45aa3f3f.jpg","width":401,"height":526,"license":"CC BY 2.0 cl","credit":"Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile.","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carlos_D%C3%A1vila_Espinoza_(1927).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Carlos Dávila","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_D%C3%A1vila","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q11970","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11970","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Carlos Dávila Espinoza (1927).jpg by Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile. (CC BY 2.0 cl)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carlos_D%C3%A1vila_Espinoza_(1927).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Carlos Dávila, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Carlos Dávila Espinoza (1927).jpg — Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile., CC BY 2.0 cl.","cite":"\"Carlos Dávila\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-davila. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:57:45Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-davila","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/carlos-davila","ne":null}}