Felipe Bulnes Explained

Felipe Bulnes
Birth Date:1969 5, df=y
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Office:Ambassador of Chile to the United States
President:Sebastián Pinera
Michelle Bachelet
Term Start:March 2012
Term End:April 2014
Predecessor:Arturo Fermandois
Successor:Juan Gabriel Valdés
Office1:Minister of Education
President1:Sebastián Pinera
Term Start1:18 July 2011
Term End1:29 December 2011
Predecessor1:Joaquín Lavín
Successor1:Harald Beyer
Office2:Minister of Justice
President2:Sebastián Pinera
Term Start2:11 March 2010
Term End2:18 July 2011
Predecessor2:Carlos Maldonado
Successor2:Teodoro Ribera
Party:Renovación Nacional (RN)
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Lawyer
Parents:María Teresa Serrano
Francisco Bulnes Ripamonti
Children:One

Felipe Bulnes Serrano (born May 27, 1969) is a Chilean lawyer and member of the party National Renewal. He was first Minister of Justice and then he assumed office as Minister of Education following a cabinet shuffle on July 18 amidst the ongoing 2011 Chilean student protests but renounced about six months later on December 29 explaining that he left because a "cycle has finished" and not because he would be fired.[1]

In 2012, Bulnes was appointed by the government of Sebastián Piñera as ambassador to the United States, handing his credentials to President Barack Obama on May 1, 2012.[2] He was afterwards Chile's representative at the La Haya International Court, after being renewed in that post by the government of President Bachelet. On November 23, 2015 he resigned this position and was replaced by former Minister José Miguel Insulza.

He graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Harvard Law School.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2011/12/29/519344/felipe-bulnes-renuncie-por-mi-conviccion-politica-de-que-se-ha-concluido-una-etapa.html Bulnes: "Renuncié por mi convicción política de que concluyó una etapa"
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120525232351/http://www.chile-usa.org/credencialesfelipebulnes.htm Embajador Felipe Bulnes presentó sus cartas credenciales ante Barack Obama
  3. Web site: Ambassador from Chile: Who is Felipe Bulnes?.