Salustio Valdés

Salustio Valdés Cortés (died 1940) was a Chilean naval officer who served as Director General of the Chilean Navy from 1924 to 1925.

Biography

Valdés entered the Chilean Navy as a cadet in 1891, at the age of fourteen. He pursued a long naval career and by 1916 had reached the rank of rear admiral. He subsequently served as Director of the Maritime Territory, Director of Naval Materiel and Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet.

Valdés also served as head of the Chilean Naval Mission in London. In 1924, he became Director General of the Navy, succeeding Vice Admiral Francisco Nef. He remained in office until 1925, when he retired from active service with the rank of vice admiral.

Following his retirement from the Navy, Valdés served as Intendant of Valparaíso. He died in Santiago in 1940.