Manuel José Piñera Carvallo (22 September 1917[1][2] – 3 June 1991) was a Chilean engineer, diplomat, and Christian Democratic politician.
José Piñera Carvallo lived in Paris, France, where he received a secular education in conjunction with his siblings Bernardino (doctor and bishop), Paulette and Marie Louise.
In university Piñera Carvallo joined the National Falange, the germ of the Christian Democratic Party, of which he was a founding member.
In 1954 he joined the state Production Development Corporation (CORFO), where he worked virtually his entire life.
As representative in Brussels he participated in the management of Chile's external debt, working closely with another diplomat, Gabriel Valdes.