Máximo Honorato

Máximo Honorato Álamos (born 17 June 1940) is a Chilean engineer, businessman, guild leader, and politician, who served as Mayor of Santiago during the final year of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet.

Máximo Honorato
Mayor of Santiago
In office 4 January 1989 – 11 March 1990
Preceded by	Gustavo Alessandri Valdés
Succeeded by	Jaime Ravinet
Personal details
Born	(1940-06-17) 17 June 1940 (age 85) Santiago, Chile
Spouse	Nela Celis
Alma mater	University of Chile
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Engineer

Early life

His parents were Máximo Honorato Cienfuegos and Rosa Álamos Pérez. He studied civil engineering at the University of Chile, specializing in hydraulics.^[1]

Since 1965, he has been a partner, general manager, and executive vice president of Captagua Ingeniería.^[1]

Public life

From 1980 to 1982, amidst the economic crisis in Chile and the broader Latin American debt crisis, Honorato served as president of the Chilean Chamber of Construction.^[1][2]

At the end of 1988, General Augusto Pinochet appointed him Mayor of Santiago, a position he fully assumed in January 1989 and held until March 1990, coinciding with the return to democracy.^[3]

From 2000 to 2003, he served as director of the company Montajes Tecsa. Later, he joined the board of the holding Empresas Tecsa. He has also been a director of Financiera Fusa, Aseguradora Magallanes, Isapre Consalud, Banco Concepción, Soletanche Bachy Chile, and Icare.

At the guild level, he was president of the Inter-American Federation of the Construction Industry and of the Chilean College of Engineers.^[1]