Andrés Allamand Zavala | |
Birth Date: | 1956 2, df=y |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
President: | Sebastián Piñera |
Term Start: | 28 July 2020 |
Term End: | 6 February 2022 |
Predecessor: | Teodoro Ribera |
Successor: | Carolina Valdivia |
Office2: | Minister of National Defense |
Term Start2: | 16 January 2011 |
Term End2: | 5 November 2012 |
President2: | Sebastián Piñera |
Predecessor2: | Jaime Ravinet |
Successor2: | Rodrigo Hinzpeter |
Office3: | Member of the Senate of Chile |
Constituency3: | Santiago Metropolitan Region |
Term Start3: | 11 March 2014 |
Term End3: | 28 August 2020 |
Predecessor3: | Jovino Novoa |
Successor3: | Marcela Sabat |
Constituency4: | Los Rios Region |
Term Start4: | 11 March 2006 |
Term End4: | 16 January 2011 |
Predecessor4: | Marco Cariola |
Successor4: | Carlos Larraín |
Alma Mater: | University of Chile (LLB) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Parents: | Miguel Allamand Margarita Zavala |
Spouse: | Bárbara Lyon Marcela Cubillos (2012−present) |
Children: | Four (Among them, Ignacia) |
Andrés Allamand Zavala (born February 7, 1956), a Chilean politician, is the founder and one of the past leaders of Renovación Nacional.[1] He is of French, and Basque[2] descent. On January 14, 2011 he was named Minister of Defense by president Sebastián Piñera. He was sworn in on January 16, 2011 and left office on November 5, 2012. He was named Minister of Foreign Affairs following a Cabinet reshuffle on 28 July, 2021,[3] resigning the Senate seat he had held since 2014.[4] Allamand is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.[5]