Fernando Echeverría

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Echeverría and the second or maternal family name is Vial.
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

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

  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