René Cortázar

René Cortázar (Santiago, February 29, 1952) is a Chilean economist, researcher, academic, and politician of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).

After graduating, he became a researcher-assistant at Cieplan, becoming one of the founders of the study center together with Alejandro Foxley, Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, and José Pablo Arellano.

[6] For the first time in Chile, tripartite agreements were also signed between the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, the Confederation of Production and Commerce and the government.

[8] Later, together with Juan Villarzú and Osvaldo Rosales, he coordinated the economic program of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle when he was a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic in the 1993 elections.

Between 1995 and 2000, he was executive director of Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), establishing bases that made the state channel profitable.

Some chapters refer to privacy, protection of minors, women, violence, politics, elections, terrorism, and news related to TVN, among other topics.

[16] During Michelle Bachelet, he assumed the position of Minister of Education as a surrogate before the suspension —which occurred on April 3, 2008— and subsequent dismissal thirteen days later of Yasna Provoste.

[25] In 2022, he joined the Cristián Warnken's political movement Amarillos por Chile, which actively participated in the plebiscite on the Proposal for a New Constitution of the Constituent Convention, in defense of the rejection option.

[28] Before becoming Minister of State, Cortázar was a member of the boards of D&S, Entel Chile, CorpBanca, Almacenes Paris, AES Gener, La Polar, Moneda, ILC and ICB[29] He was also vice president of Icare and director of the Alberto Hurtado Center for Labor Studies.