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.