Rodrigo Álvarez Zenteno
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Rodrigo Álvarez Zenteno | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Constituency | 28th District |
| Minister of Energy | |
| In office 22 July 2011 – 27 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando Echeverría |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Bunster |
| Undersecretary of Finances | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 22 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | María Olivia Recart |
| Succeeded by | Julio Dittborn |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 22 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Encina |
| Succeeded by | Alejandra Sepúlveda |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1998 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Vicente Karelovic |
| Succeeded by | Miodrag Marinovic |
| Constituency | 60th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 July 1966 |
| Party | Unión Demócrata Independiente |
| Other political affiliations | Acción Republicana[1] |
| Spouse | Francisca Alcaíno |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Rodrigo Álvarez Zenteno (born 30 July 1966) is a Chilean lawyer, academic, and politician.
A member of the Independent Democratic Union, he served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region between 1998 and 2010, including as President of the Chamber from 2009 to 2010.
He later served as Minister of Energy between 2011 and 2012 during the first administration of President Sebastián Piñera. Then, he was vice-president of the Constitutional Convention.[2][3][4]
Education and academic career
Between 1972 and 1979, Álvarez completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio Miss Sharp and Colegio San José in Punta Arenas, later graduating from Liceo Salesiano San José in 1983.[5]
He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer on 28 May 1990.[5] In 1993, he obtained a PhD in Law from the University of Navarra, Spain, with a doctoral thesis titled The Venture Capital Financing System: Legal and Business Aspects.[5]
Between 1996 and 1997, he completed a Master of Laws degree at Harvard University.[5]
Álvarez developed an academic career at the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he taught Commercial Law (1993–2009), Tax Law (1994–2000; 2006), and Competition Law (1996; 1998–2006).[5] He also served as academic secretary of the postgraduate and Master’s programs in Business Law at the same institution.[5]
He additionally taught at the Austral University of Chile, University for Development, Finis Terrae University, Adolfo Ibáñez University, University of Atacama, and Alonso Ovalle University.[5]