Fernando Flores
Chilean engineer, philosopher and politician
Fernando Flores is a Chilean engineer, philosopher and entrepreneur who also worked in politics. He served as a government minister and later as a senator.
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Chilean Born 1943 in Talca, Chile
Photo: Sebastián Piñera E. from Santiago, Chile, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About Fernando Flores
Carlos Fernando Flores Labra was born on 9 January 1943. He is a Chilean engineer, philosopher, entrepreneur and politician. He served as a cabinet minister under President Salvador Allende. From 2001 to 2009 he was a senator for the Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá regions. In March 2010, President Sebastián Piñera named him head of Chile's National Innovation Council for Competitiveness.