Loreto Silva
María Loreto Silva | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Under Secretary Silva[1] | |
| Energy Minister of Chile | |
| In office 5 November 2012 – 11 March 2014 | |
| President | Sebastián Pinera |
| Preceded by | Laurence Golborne |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Undurraga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1964 Temuco |
| Education | University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
María Loreto Silva Rojas (born 29 June 1964) was a Chilean deputy minister under President Sebastián Piñera.
Life[edit]
Silva was born in Temuco and attended the University of Chile.[2] She was a lawyer, academic and consultant with experience in the trade union sector. She was a Deputy Minister of Public Works in the government of President Sebastián Piñera from 2010 to 2012.[3] In 2012 she was promoted to be the minister.[4]
Silva became the President of the directors of the national petroleum company Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) in March 2018.[5] In addition she was a director of the law firm Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados and in 2019 she was appointed to the Barrick Gold Corporation.[4]
In June 2020 she was obliged to resign from her position with ENAP. The comptroller had investigated and found that her role with ENAP created a conflict of interest with her role as a director of Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados. Silva sent in her resignation after the findings and after consulting the Chilean President Sebastian Piñera[5]
References[edit]
- ^ John Martino (2013). Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013. CQ Press. pp. 325–. ISBN 978-1-4522-9937-2.
- ^ "Loreto Silva - Bofill Escobar Abogados". www.bofillescobar.cl. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ "Former Foreign Office Minister, Jeremy Browne met with Chilean Minister". Flickr. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ a b "Barrick appoints Loreto Silva Independent Director". www.barrick.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
- ^ a b Maldonado, Rodrigo Pérez (2020-06-27). "Presidenta de Enap dimite luego que Contraloría cuestionara conflicto de interés". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-21.