Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret
Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret | |
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.jpg) Weinstein at 2016 FILSA | |
| Minister of Mining | |
| In office 7 January 2002 – 11 March 2006 | |
| President | Ricardo Lagos |
| Preceded by | Jorge Rodríguez Grossi |
| Succeeded by | Karen Poniachik |
| Intendant of the Antofagasta Region | |
| In office 11 March 2000 – 5 March 2003 | |
| President | Ricardo Lagos |
| Preceded by | César Castillo Lilayu |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Molina Carrasco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1943 Vina del Mar, Chile |
| Political party |
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| Spouse | Carolina Torres Pascal |
| Children | Five |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Civil Engineer |
José Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret (born 4 December 1943) is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who served as minister during Ricardo Lagos' government (2000−2006).[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Dulanto completed his primary and secondary studies at Saint George's College in Las Condes, an upper-middle-class neighborhood of Santiago, the capital of Chile. Later, he studied civil engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), graduating in 1969.
Once he graduated, and thanks to a scholarship from the British Council, Dulanto lived in London, England for two years.
Career
[edit]Dulanto started working in mining in 1972 when he joined the state-owned Codelco. He then carried out some business projects related to the field, starting in 1980, in partnership with Alejandro Noemi –executive president of Codelco in the '90s–.
In 1995, Dulanto and the Callejas family - partners in Refimet - sold the Altonorte smelter to Noranda.
Independent pro-Christian Democracy (DC), in the Government of Ricardo Lagos, he was appointed mayor of the main mining region of Chile: Antofagasta (2000). Dulanto was evaluated as one of the best intendants of the government, so he was appointed as Ministry of Mining in 2002.
The most important events of his administration were the approval of a specific tax project –after an initial failure in the form of royalty– and a higher collection for copper, which reached historical price levels.
While he was a minister, he delegated his personal activities to his brother José Pablo. After his departure, together began to operate smaller copper and gold mines in the Coquimbo Region. The former Secretary of State also has an agricultural business, producing blueberries and cherries in Chillán for export to China and the United States, respectively.
Personal life
[edit]He is married to Carolina Torres Pascal, his second wife. He has five daughters.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex ministro Dulanto refuerza comité asesor de Industriales de Antofagasta". Minería Chilena. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Ex ministro de Minería enfatizó que es "necesario legislar" sobre relaves mineros". Radio Cooperativa. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2022.