Teodoro Ribera
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Teodoro Ribera | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile | |
| In office 13 June 2019 – 28 July 2020 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Roberto Ampuero |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Allamand |
| Head of the Autonomous University | |
| In office 1998 – 29 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Ernesto Schiefelbein |
| In office 29 July 2015 – 1 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Schiefelbein |
| Succeeded by | José Antonio Galilea |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 18 July 2011 – 17 December 2012 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Felipe Bulnes |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Pérez Goldberg |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Díaz del Río |
| Constituency | 51st district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 May 1958 |
| Party | National Renewal |
| Spouse | María Loreto Concha Valderrama |
| Children | Four |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Teodoro Javier Ribera Neumann (born 25 May 1958) is a National Renewal politician and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile.
He was the Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2012,[1] and head of the Autonomous University of Chile from 1998 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019.
Education and academic career
He completed his primary and secondary education at the German School of Temuco.[2] He later studied Law at the University of Chile and was admitted to the bar on 9 June 1986.[2]
He received a scholarship to Germany, where he obtained the degree of Doctor iuris utriusque from Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg on 31 December 1985.[2]
Beginning in 1998, he served as rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Chile until 2011. He also worked as Professor of Constitutional Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile.[2]
In 2015 he resumed his duties as rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Chile, leaving the position upon being appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. In September 2020 he again assumed the office of rector at the same institution.[2]
