Jacques Chonchol

Jacques Chonchol (26 March 1926 – 5 October 2023) was a Chilean politician and professor known for his work in the land reform movement during the 1960s and early 1970s. Chonchol served from 1970 to 1972 as Minister of Agriculture in the government of President Salvador Allende. He took refuge in a foreign embassy during the coup and was allowed to leave Chile for Venezuela. He then moved to France, but returned to Chile in 1994. Cholchol allowed the transformation of the institution from a technical agency to a "peasant league".

Interviews conducted with him in 2013 and 2014 were published in 2016.

Death Jacques Chonchol died on 5 October 2023, at the age of 97.

Books Paysans a venir: Les societes rurales du Tiers Monde, French edition published by La Découverte (1986) Por una nueva Reforma Agraria para Chile (2021)