Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret

José Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret (born 4 December 1943) is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who served as minister during Ricardo Lagos' government (2000−2006).[1][2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Dulanto and the second or maternal family name is Rencoret.
Alfonso Dulanto Rencoret
Weinstein at 2016 FILSA
Minister of Mining
In office
7 January 2002 – 11 March 2006
PresidentRicardo Lagos
Preceded byJorge Rodríguez Grossi
Succeeded byKaren Poniachik
Intendant of the Antofagasta Region
In office
11 March 2000 – 5 March 2003
PresidentRicardo Lagos
Preceded byCésar Castillo Lilayu
Succeeded byJorge Molina Carrasco
Personal details
Born (1943-12-04) 4 December 1943
Vina del Mar, Chile
Political party
SpouseCarolina Torres Pascal
ChildrenFive
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCivil Engineer

Early life

Dulanto completed his primary and secondary studies at Saint George's College in Las Condes, an upper-middle-class neighborhood of Santiago, the capital of Chile. Later, he studied civil engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), graduating in 1969.

Once he graduated, and thanks to a scholarship from the British Council, Dulanto lived in London, England for two years.

Career

Dulanto started working in mining in 1972 when he joined the state-owned Codelco. He then carried out some business projects related to the field, starting in 1980, in partnership with Alejandro Noemi –executive president of Codelco in the '90s–.

In 1995, Dulanto and the Callejas family - partners in Refimet - sold the Altonorte smelter to Noranda.

Independent pro-Christian Democracy (DC), in the Government of Ricardo Lagos, he was appointed mayor of the main mining region of Chile: Antofagasta (2000). Dulanto was evaluated as one of the best intendants of the government, so he was appointed as Ministry of Mining in 2002.

The most important events of his administration were the approval of a specific tax project –after an initial failure in the form of royalty– and a higher collection for copper, which reached historical price levels.

While he was a minister, he delegated his personal activities to his brother José Pablo. After his departure, together began to operate smaller copper and gold mines in the Coquimbo Region. The former Secretary of State also has an agricultural business, producing blueberries and cherries in Chillán for export to China and the United States, respectively.

Personal life

He is married to Carolina Torres Pascal, his second wife. He has five daughters.

References
  1. "Ex ministro Dulanto refuerza comité asesor de Industriales de Antofagasta". Minería Chilena. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. "Ex ministro de Minería enfatizó que es "necesario legislar" sobre relaves mineros". Radio Cooperativa. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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