Emiliano Ortega Riquelme

Education

Bachelor, U. Chile Doctor of Philosophy Rural Economics, Institute Advisory Agronomic Studies, Montpellier, France.

Career

Member livestock and cattle program, technical director, Institute Agrofisheries Development, 1965; executive director, Agriculture and Livestock Svc., founder, 1967; founder, National Forest Corporation, 1967; director agricultural development, Economics Common for Latin American and the Caribbean, 1967-1994; minister of agriculture, Chile Government, since 1994; director general, Agriculture and Fishing, Ministry of Agriculture, 1966; participating founder, National Forestry Corporation and Agriculture and Livestock Svc., since 1994.

Achievements

• Emiliano Ortega Riquelme has been listed as a noteworthy Chilean government official by Marquis Who's Who.