María Loreto Silva
Under Secretary Silva[1]
Personal details
Born (1964-06-29) 29 June 1964
Temuco
NationalityChilean
EducationUniversity of Chile
Occupationlawyer

María Loreto Silva Rojas (born 29 June 1964) was a Chilean deputy minister under President Sebastián Piñera.

Life

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

  1. ↑ John Martino (2013). Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013. CQ Press. pp. 325–. ISBN 978-1-4522-9937-2.
  2. ↑ "Loreto Silva - Bofill Escobar Abogados". www.bofillescobar.cl. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  3. ↑ "Former Foreign Office Minister, Jeremy Browne met with Chilean Minister". Flickr. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  4. 1 2 "Barrick appoints Loreto Silva Independent Director". www.barrick.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  5. 1 2 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.
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