Gabriel Gaete

Gabriel Gaete Ríos (18 March 1850 – 9 October 1928) was a Chilean lawyer and judge who served three times as president of the Supreme Court, in 1904, 1914 and from 1919 to 1922.

Early life and education

Gaete was born in Santiago on 18 March 1850. He studied law and qualified as a lawyer in 1870.

He married Rita Rojas Huneeus.

Judicial career

Gaete pursued a career in the Chilean judiciary, holding several judicial positions before reaching the country's highest court.

In 1903, he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Chile. The following year, he served for the first time as president of the court.

Gaete returned to the presidency of the Supreme Court in 1914, during the government of Ramón Barros Luco.

In 1919, he became president of the court for a third time, succeeding Luis Silva Silva. He held the position during the governments of Juan Luis Sanfuentes and Arturo Alessandri, remaining president until 1922, when he was succeeded by Braulio Moreno.

Gaete left the Supreme Court in 1922. He died in Santiago on 9 October 1928.