Economist from the University of Chile with a postgraduate degree in International Economics and Economic Development from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He is an expert in energy and international economic relations. Former Chilean ambassador to Uruguay and permanent representative to ALADI; senior consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, United States.

He was Minister of Energy between 2016 and 2018 and worked for more than 20 years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he held the position of Director General of International Economic Relations from 2014 to 2016. Since early 2023, he has held the position of Executive Secretary of the Latin American Energy Organization for the 2023-2025 term, a position elected during the 52nd Meeting of Energy Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in December 2022, in accordance with the Lima Agreement.

With an outstanding professional career of more than 30 years, Andrés Rebolledo Smitmans has held various technical leadership roles and political responsibilities in the areas of the energy sector, international economic relations, and multilateral organizations.

An economist from the University of Chile, Andrés Rebolledo Smitmans served as Chile’s Minister of Energy from 2016 to 2018 and as President of the National Petroleum Company of Chile. He also held the position of Vice Minister of International Economic Relations of Chile, Ambassador to Uruguay, Representative to ALADI, and consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and other organizations.

During his tenure as Minister, he implemented a significant transformation of Chile’s energy sector with the massive incorporation of non-conventional renewable energies, which drove a cleaner energy matrix and a more efficient and competitive sector. This transformation was carried out within the framework of a participatory process involving all relevant actors in the sector, which also allowed for the development of a regulatory framework to promote electromobility and introduce new technologies and energy sources, such as green hydrogen.

In the academic field, he has taught at various universities in Chile, especially in postgraduate programs, and served as Dean of the Faculty of Administration and Business at the SEK University of Chile from 2020 to 2022.