Gonzalo Blumel

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Gonzalo Blumel
Minister of the Interior and Public Security of Chile
In office
28 October 2019 – 29 July 2020
Preceded byAndrés Chadwick
Succeeded byVíctor Pérez Varela
Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency
In office
11 March 2018 – 28 October 2019
Personal details
Born (1978-05-12) 12 May 1978 (age 45)
Political Evolution (2016–)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Birmingham
(Master of Arts in Economics)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEnvironmental engineer

Gonzalo Fernando Blumel Mac-Iver (born 17 May 1978) is a

second government (2018–2022).

Biography

He is the son of Juan Enrique Blumel Méndez

Mapuche lonko from Nueva Imperial[2] – and Emma Francisca Mac-Iver Prieto, great-granddaughter of Enrique Mac Iver (politician of Radical Party of Chile's liberal faction) and of Emma Ovalle Gutiérrez, granddaughter of Chilean President José Tomás Ovalle
(1830–1831).

Political career

He began his career in 2001 as a researcher at

dictatorship through his ideologist: the lawyer Jaime Guzmán
(UDI founder).

He performed in three charges during President Piñera's first government, being – from March to July 2010 – Staff Chief of Cristián Larroulet (UDI), General Secretariat of the Presidency. Later, he was head of Studies Division in the same ministry and, finally, in March 2013, he became the president's chief adviser.

Once finished Piñera's first government, he was the CEO of Avanza Chile Foundation as well as he taught lessons also at PUC, his alma mater, or

Political Evolution
, known in Chile for its acronym «Evópoli».

When

2019–20 riots in Chile
commonly known as Estallido Social de Chile.

References

  1. ^ "Gonzalo Fernando Blümel Mac-Iver". Puelma, Eduardo. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ Muñoz, Andrés (16 November 2018). "Juan Enrique Blumel, el hermano del ministro al rescate de sus raíces mapuche". La Tercera. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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