Manuel Arturo Vivero Ávila (3 July 1920 – 8 September 2008) was a Chilean army officer and political figure who served as Minister of Housing and Urbanism (1973–1974) and later as Ambassador to El Salvador (1979–1982) during the Pinochet regime.[1]
Career
A graduate of the Chilean Army academy, Vivero rose to the rank of brigadier general. After the 1973 military takeover, he was appointed Minister of Housing and Urbanism, serving until the first cabinet reorganisation in mid-1974.
He later served as director of the State Procurement Office (Dirección de Aprovisionamiento del Estado) from 1977 to 1979, and subsequently as Chilean ambassador to El Salvador from 1979 to 1982.[1]
Vivero died in Santiago in 2008 at age 88.