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Fernando Echeverría

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Fernando Echeverría
Minister of Energy
In office
18 July 2011 – 21 July 2011
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byLaurence Golborne
Succeeded byRodrigo Álvarez Zenteno
Intendant of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago
In office
11 March 2010 – 18 July 2011
Preceded byIgor Garafulic
Succeeded byCecilia Pérez
Personal details
Born (1953-09-04) 4 September 1953 (age 71)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyRenovación Nacional
SpouseFrancisca Alcaíno
ChildrenThree
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
entrepreneur
ProfessionCivil engineer

Fernando Echeverría Vial (born 19 November 1961) is a Chilean civil engineer and politician who served as Minister of Energy during the first government of Sebastián Piñera.[1]

Early life and education

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Echeverria studied at St. Ignatius College, Santiago and then went on to study civil engineering at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile from 1972 to 1978 and then got a degree in business management from the University of Chile.[2][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Fernando Echeverría renuncia al Ministerio de Energía por posible "conflicto de intereses"". La Tercera. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ Capital (Santiago), 27 February 2003, p.46
  3. ^ Estrategia (Santiago), December, 2004, p.32
  4. ^ La Tercera (Santiago), 14 November 2004, p.20
  5. ^ Qué Pasa (Santiago), 13 November 2004, p.22