- Minister of Mining by Chile's president Salvador Allende from March-July 1973.
- He was removed from Minister following a constitutional indictment in 1973.
- Graduated from University of Chile with degree in Civil engineer.
- Has a postgraduate degree in Economic theory from the Centre d'Etudes de Programmes Economiques.
- Holds a master in Public Administration from Harvard University.
- He was political prison in Dawson Island from 1973-74.
- Lived exiled by the Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in United States and Venezuela.
- He also was Director of the Department of Industries of the University of Chile (1966-68); and the Visiting Fellow Harvard Institute for International Development (1974-76) and the Wilson Center (1982-83).
- President of the Chilean political party Party for Democracy (1992-1994, 1997-2000 and 2006-2008).
- Senator of Chile from 1994-2002.
- (2003-2005) Minister of Education by Chile's president Ricardo Lagos.
- (2008-2010) Minister of Public Works by Chile's president Michelle Bachelet.
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