Oscar Herrera Palacios (5 September 1907 – 8 September 1985) was a Chilean politician who served as a minister.
He served as Undersecretary of Labour in 1953 and subsequently held several cabinet positions during the second administration of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. He was Minister of Labour from 1953 to 1954, Minister of Public Education from 1954 to 1955, and Minister of Public Health in 1955. From 1955 to 1956, he concurrently served as Minister of Economy and Commerce, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He was born in Santiago in 1907, the son of Rafael Herrera and Rosa Palacios. He married Inés Hevia Morel, a daughter of former cabinet minister Isaac Hevia, and they had five children.
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