Rafael Moreno Rojas
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Rafael Moreno Rojas | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 11 March 1998 – 11 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Nicolás Díaz |
| Succeeded by | Juan Pablo Letelier |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Preceded by | José Manuel Isla |
| Succeeded by | 1973 coup d'état |
| Ambassador of Chile to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2010 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1936 |
| Died | 30 June 2021 (aged 84) |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party (1957–) |
| Other political affiliations | National Falange |
| Spouse | Gloria Orb |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Rafael Moreno Juana Rojas |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile University of Illinois Chicago |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Agronomist |
Rafael Moreno Rojas (14 August 1936 – 30 June 2021) was a Chilean politician who served as a Senator[1] and as Ambassador of Chile to the United Kingdom between 2006 and 2010.[2]
Agricultural engineer and politician of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as Senator for the 9th Constituency, O'Higgins Region, between 1998 and 2006, and for the Fifth Provincial Grouping of O'Higgins and Colchagua, O'Higgins Region, between 1972 and 1973.
Family and youth
He was born in Santiago on 14 August 1936. He is the son of Rafael Moreno and Juana Rojas.[2]
He married Gloria Orb Castellano. He has two children: Rafael and Pablo.[2]
Professional career
He completed his primary education at the Colegio de los Padres Franceses and his secondary education in Santiago at the Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino and the Instituto Nacional. He entered the Faculty of Agronomy of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated as an agricultural engineer in December 1958, presenting the thesis “Land-use intensity according to the size of agricultural holdings in Chile”.[2]
In 1959, he received a scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies in Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois, United States, obtaining a Master of Science degree in June 1960 with the thesis “A plan for Agrarian Reform: how it could be applied in Chile”.[2]
In the professional field, he practiced his profession at the Economic Research Center of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. After returning from his scholarship, he served as head of planning in the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture between 1960 and 1961, during the government of President Jorge Alessandri. That same year, he became Engineer-Economist in charge of agricultural projects at the Technical Cooperation Service, holding the position until 1964, when he was appointed Executive Vice President of the Agrarian Reform Corporation (CORA), responsible for the planning and implementation of Agrarian Reform in Chile, a position he held until 1970.[2]
During the military regime of Augusto Pinochet, he worked abroad as a consultant for the World Bank and the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the OAS between 1974 and 1978. From that year until 1986, he served as Director of the Division of Human Resources, Institutions, and Agrarian Reform of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy. There, between 1981 and 1989, he participated as organizer and president of World Food Day. In the same city, he served as FAO Assistant Director-General, first in charge of the Economic and Social Department between 1986 and 1989, and from that year until 1993 as Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, where he was responsible for organizing aid to Chile in projects financed by the World Bank.[2]
