Claudio Elórtegui Raffo

Claudio Hipólito Elórtegui Raffo (born 9 December 1951) is a Chilean economist who is the current rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.

Elórtegui received as a commercial engineer from Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV) in 1975. Then, in 1979, he completed a Master of Arts in Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. Among his scholar interests also are the Foreign Affairs, an area where he completed –after complete his MA at United States— a postgraduate diploma in the university where he began: the PUCV, institution that then offered a specialization in Latinamerican affairs with a mention in Economics. During his professional career, he has also served as director of companies in both public and private business.

In 2010, he become PUCV's rector, being reelected in 2014 and 2018. That charge has allowed him serving as President of Chilean Non-State Public Universities Network (commonly known as G9). Among his publications in economics area, it highlights «Endeudamiento externo y conversión de deuda en la economía chilena» (or '' External indebtedness and debt conversion in the Chilean economy''). Provided by Wikipedia