Alejandro Ferreiro

Alejandro Ferreiro Yazigi (born 18 March 1966) is a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as minister during the first government of Michelle Bachelet (2006–2010).

He has worked as a consultant on issues such as health insurance regulation and pension systems for various international organizations and countries, including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Pan American Health Organization, India, Egypt, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia. a descendant of Galician immigrants and a mid-sized businessman from the commune of Vitacura, and María Edith Yazigi Melej.

He was educated at the prestigious Saint George's College, Santiago, from which he graduated as the top student of his class (Best Georgian). There, he was a classmate of filmmaker Andrés Wood and politicians Claudio Orrego and Arturo Barrios, among other prominent figures in Chilean public life.

In 1992, he married Claudia Andrea Bobadilla Ferrer. The couple had one son, José Antonio, and divorced in 2002.

Public career In 1985, he joined the Christian Democratic Party of Chile.

On 14 July 2006, he returned to government service as Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction under President Michelle Bachelet. He was replaced by Hugo Lavados in January 2008.

In academia, he was a professor of economic law at the Faculty of Law of the Andrés Bello National University from 2000 to 2004. Since 2006, he has taught at the School of Government and Business of the Adolfo Ibáñez University, offering courses on anti-corruption public policies, economic regulation, and corporate governance.

In 2008, he was appointed a councillor of the Council for Transparency by the president and unanimously confirmed by the Senate of Chile, assuming office for a six-year term.

In October 2011, he was unanimously elected president of the body, succeeding Raúl Urrutia. He was succeeded in mid-2013 by Jorge Jaraquemada.

On 25 May 2016, he joined the Board of Directors of Everis as an Independent Director.