Rodrigo Egaña Baraona

Rodrigo Fernando Egaña Baraona (born 1947) is a Chilean business administrator, academic, consultant, and politician affiliated with the Socialist Party of Chile. He has been an active collaborator with the center-left governments of the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia coalition.

Since May 24, 2024, he has served as the National Director of Public Education under the Gabriel Boric administration.

Biography

He studied at the Colegio del Verbo Divino and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, both located in the capital city. At the university, he earned a degree in business administration in 1970. He later obtained a specialization in development planning in the Netherlands.

In 2010, during the presidency of Sebastián Piñera, his name was submitted to the Senate as a nominee to the Senior Public Management Council. His appointment (for a term ending in 2016) was confirmed by 26 votes in favor, 2 abstentions, and 1 against in late July that year. In March 2014, he was appointed president of the council by Michelle Bachelet during her second administration.

From November 2017 to November 2018, he served as the first director of the Public Education Directorate (DEP). He later worked as an academic and Director of Economic Affairs and Institutional Management at the Faculty of Government of the University of Chile. On December 1, 2023, he again assumed the role of acting director of the DEP following the resignation of Jaime Veas.

On May 24, 2024, President Gabriel Boric, through the Ministry of Education (Chile), confirmed his appointment as Director of the Public Education Directorate (DEP) through the Senior Public Management System.