Jacques Chonchol (born March 26, 1926) is a politician and professor known for his work in the Chilean land reform movement of the 1960s and early 1970s. Conchol served from 1970 to 1972 as

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

in the government of President

Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (, , ; 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the fir ...

. He took refuge in a foreign embassy during the coup and was allowed to leave Chile for Venezuela. He then moved to France. He moved back to Chile in 1994. Prior to working in Allende's administration he was an official in the governmenrt of President

Eduardo Frei Montalva Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva (; 16 January 1911 – 22 January 1982) was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the ...

. He lived in Cuba from 1969 to 1972. Interviews conducted with him in 2013 and 2014 were published in 2016.

Books

*Paysans a venir: Les societes rurales du Tiers Monde, French edition published by La Découverte (1986) *Por una nueva Reforma Agraria para Chile (2021)

References

1926 births Living people Ministers of Agriculture of Chile Chilean expatriates in Cuba Chilean expatriates in France Chilean expatriates in Venezuela Chilean exiles 20th-century Chilean politicians 20th-century Chilean male writers Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians Popular Unitary Action Movement politicians Citizen Left politicians Christian Left (Chile) politicians {{Chile-politician-stub