President Piñera appoints Ambassador of Chile to Egypt

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Ampuero, informed that the President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, has appointed as Ambassador of Chile in the Arab Republic of Egypt the career diplomat, Pablo Arriarán Ahumada, who has already received the respective agreement.

Pablo Arriarán is a Public Administrator from the University of Chile and a graduate of the " Andrés Bello " Diplomatic Academy; he has a master's degree in International Relations from the University of Victoria, in Wellington, New Zealand (1998), as well as a Diploma in International Economic Relations from the Universidad Mayor de Chile (1994).

During his career he has served in the Chilean embassies in Gabon, Kenya, New Zealand, United States, Ecuador and Argentina, where he is currently working.

In Chile, he has served in various directorates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among which are Cultural Affairs, Environment, Multilateral Policy, International and Human Security, as well as the General Directorate of International Economic Relations in APEC matters. He has been Deputy Director of Personnel and Deputy Director of Ceremonial and Protocol.