Pedro García Aspillaga

Pedro Enrique García Aspillaga (born 7 October 1960) is a Chilean physician and politician who served as a minister in the government of Ricardo Lagos.

Biography He completed his primary and secondary education at the Lycée Antoine de Saint-Exupéry de Santiago in Santiago, Chile (1966–1977) and at Norwalk High School in 1977. He received his medical degree from the University of Chile. He subsequently completed a MBA jointly offered by the Alberto Hurtado University and Loyola College in Baltimore (1998–1999).

He is married to María Francisca Castoldi, with whom he has two children, María Ignacia and José Pedro. During his tenure, he oversaw the implementation of the Health System Reform and one of the principal initiatives of the administration of President Ricardo Lagos, the AUGE Plan, which provides state-funded coverage for a defined set of diseases. and was re-elected in the 2012 Chilean municipal election, serving until December 2016.