| María Loreto Silva | |
| Birth Date: | 29 June 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Temuco |
| Office: | Energy Minister of Chile |
| President: | Sebastián Pinera |
| Term Start: | 5 November 2012 |
| Term End: | 11 March 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Laurence Golborne |
| Successor: | Alberto Undurraga |
| Education: | University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
María Loreto Silva Rojas (born 29 June 1964) was a Chilean deputy minister under President Sebastián Piñera.
Silva was born in Temuco and attended the University of Chile.[1] She was a lawyer, academic and consultant with experience in the trade union sector. She was a Deputy Minister of Public Works in the government of President Sebastián Piñera from 2010 to 2012.[2] In 2012 she was promoted to be the minister.[3]
Silva became the President of the directors of the national petroleum company Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) in March 2018.[4] In addition she was a director of the law firm Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados and in 2019 she was appointed to the Barrick Gold Corporation.[3]
In June 2020 she was obliged to resign from her position with ENAP. The comptroller had investigated and found that her role with ENAP created a conflict of interest with her role as a director of Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados. Silva sent in her resignation after the findings and after consulting the Chilean President Sebastian Piñera[4]