Emilio Santelices

Emilio Gabriel Santelices Cuevas (Santiago March 25, 1955)[1] is a Chilean doctor and academic. Between March 2018 and June 2019 he served as Minister of Health of the second government of Sebastián Piñera.

Emilio Santelices
Minister of Health
In office
March 11, 2018 – June 13, 2019
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byCarmen Castillo Taucher
Succeeded byJaime Mañalich
Personal details
BornLo Barnechea, Chile
OccupationPhysician, politician

Biography

He is the son of César Santelices Pinto and Emilia Eliana Cuevas Gómez.[2] He studied at the Colegio Hispano Americano. After which he studied medicine at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and specialized in cardiovascular anesthesiology and transplantation in the same university. Later, he obtained a doctorate in public health from the University of Chile, a diploma in health institution administration from the same university, and a MBA from Tulane University.[1][3][4]

He served in various positions at the Clínica Las Condes, in addition to being an academic at the University of Chile, and chairman of the board of the Corporación Médicos para Chile.[1][3][4]

Between 2010 and 2014, he was a cabinet advisor to the Ministry of Health on issues of quality improvement and evaluation for hospitals and primary health centers. In 2018 he was appointed Minister of Health by Sebastián Piñera,[1][3][4] position he left in June 2019, being replaced by Jaime Mañalich.[5]

References
  1. "El gabinete de Piñera: Conoce a todos los ministros y compara su composición con anteriores gobiernos". Emol (in Spanish). March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  2. "Certificado de Nacimiento, Servicio de Registro Civil". Registro Civil (in Spanish). Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  3. "Ministro de Salud Dr. Emilio Santelices Cuevas". Ministerio de Salud (in Spanish). January 11, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  4. "Dr Emilio Santelices, futuro Ministro de Salud". Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). January 26, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  5. "Emilio Santelices tras su salida de Salud: "A veces uno echaba de menos la lealtad"". CNN Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved March 17, 2021.
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