Enrique Lagreze

Enrique Lagreze Echavarría (1899–1975) was a Chilean naval officer who served as Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Navy from 1952 to 1954.

Biography

Lagreze graduated from the Arturo Prat Naval Academy in 1920 and specialized in telecommunications. During his naval career, he served as director of the Navy's Communications School in 1939 and again in 1944, and commanded the Destroyer Flotilla that same year. He was appointed Maritime Governor of Valparaíso in 1946 and Secretary-General of the Navy's Commander-in-Chief in 1947.

His later appointments included command of the Submarine Division in 1949, the General Directorate of Services in 1950, and the Directorate of Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine in 1951. In 1952, Lagreze was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy, succeeding Vice Admiral Danilo Bassi. He remained in office until 1954, when he was succeeded by Francisco O'Ryan.

Lagreze attained the rank of vice admiral during his career. He died in 1975.