Esteban Valenzuela | |
Birth Date: | 1964 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Rancagua, Chile |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
President: | Gabriel Boric |
Term Start: | 11 March 2022 |
Predecessor: | María Emilia Undurraga |
Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile |
Term Start1: | 11 March 2002 |
Term End1: | 11 March 2010 |
Predecessor1: | Aníbal Pérez |
Successor1: | Juan Luis Castro |
Office2: | Mayor of Rancagua |
Term Start2: | 26 September 1992 |
Term End2: | 6 December 1996 |
Predecessor2: | Rodolfo Cortés Ferrada |
Successor2: | Darío Valenzuela Van Treek |
Party: | Party for Democracy (1987−2007) Chile Primero (2007−2009) Social Green Regionalist Federation (2017−present) |
Profession: | Journalist Political Scientist Historian |
Relatives: | Darío Valenzuela Van Treek Greny Valenzuela Van Treek[1] [2] |
Esteban Valenzuela Van Treek (born 12 March 1964) is a Chilean journalist, politician and writer, born in Rancagua. Since 11 March 2022, he has served as Chile's Minister of Agriculture. Mayor of Rancagua from 1992 to 1996, and Deputy from 2002 to 2010.[3]
His brother Darío also was mayor of Rancagua.[4] [5]
Since January 2021, he is vice-president of the Social Green Regionalist Federation.[6]