Marcel Henri Claude Reyes (born in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, t ...

on 26 February 1957) is a Chilean economist, academic, and political activist. He was an independent candidate to become President of Chile in the 2013 Chilean presidential election, and has been endorsed by the

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. Previously, Claude worked at the

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between 1983 and 1995, and later directed two Chilean environmental NGOs.

Early life

Claude was born on 26 February 1957 in Santiago de Chile to Rolande Hugo Claude Dellepiane, a native of Concepción, and Leyla del Carmen Reyes Maluje.Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación, Inscripción n°1145, año 1986, Circunscripción: Las Condes In 1975, he enrolled in the University of Chile, and graduated in 1982 with a degree in economics. After that, he got an educational scholarship at the

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, Belgium, in 1986 and got a degree in Master of Arts in 1987. At the same university, he was a candidate for a Doctorate in Economy Science. On 25 July 1986, he married Oriella Celsi Tasso.

Professional career

Central Bank of Chile

Claude started his career at the

in 1983. He served as an economic analyst and wrote reports regarding external debt and possible solutions to this problem, among other themes. He wrote a seminal report on the state of external debt in Latin America, among others. During this period he was a professor of economic development at the

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Environmentalist NGOs

In 1997, after completing his work at the Central Bank, Claude created the Terram Foundation, whose objective was to promote

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in Chile. In April 2003, he became the executive director of the Office for South America and Antarctica of Oceana.

References

External links

Official campaign web site
in Spanish.
Terram Foundation website
in English * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claude, Marcel 1957 births Living people Chilean people of French descent Chilean people of Italian descent Chilean activists 20th-century Chilean economists Université catholique de Louvain alumni People from Santiago University of Chile alumni Chilean humanists Candidates for President of Chile Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians Party for Democracy (Chile) politicians Humanist Party (Chile) politicians 21st-century Chilean economists