Andrés Gómez-Lobo

Andrés Gómez-Lobo Echenique (born 17 March 1965) is a Chilean economist and scholar who served as Minister of Transport and Telecommunications during the second government of Michelle Bachelet.

Early life and education

Gómez-Lobo was born in Frankfurt, Germany, to philosopher Alfonso Gómez-Lobo Morelli and Jimena Teresa Echenique Larraín. After completing a degree in business administration with a specialization in economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, he earned a Master of Science in environmental and natural resource economics and later a PhD in economics from University College London.

His research interests include environmental and natural resource economics, the regulation of natural monopolies, and industrial organization.

Gómez-Lobo has been a researcher at CIEPLAN and a consultant for the World Bank and Oxera in the United Kingdom.

In early 2014, President-elect Michelle Bachelet appointed Gómez-Lobo as Minister of Transport and Telecommunications. He took office on 11 March 2014 at the start of Bachelet's second administration. Among the principal issues he faced were criticism of Transantiago, operational failures on the Santiago Metro in November 2014, and the dispute between Uber and taxi drivers.

He remained in office until 13 March 2017, when he resigned citing personal reasons. He was succeeded by Paola Tapia.