El Chilean President Gabriel Boric appointed this Friday (05.08.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX) the industrial engineer Alejandra Arriaza Loeb as Director of the National Customs Service, the Ministry of Finance announced on Friday.
The professional was appointed by the President from a list proposed by the Senior Public Management Council and "She is the first woman to hold the position in the history of the institution."the ministry said in a statement.
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The new head of the Chilean regulatory agency is an industrial engineer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso and holds a Master's degree in Public Management from the Academia de Humanismo Cristiano University. During her career, she held various positions in Customs, such as head of the Studies Department, Technical Deputy Director and Metropolitan Regional Director of the agency.
From December 2018 to the present, she served as Metropolitan Regional Director of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, a position she also accessed through the Senior Public Management System.
The process to fill this position began last May with the publication of the call for applications in national media and on the Civil Service website. 135 applications were received. After the corresponding evaluations, the Senior Public Management Council interviewed eight people, sending the list of finalist candidates to the corresponding authority on July 19 for appointment.
Thus, Alejandra Arriaza Loeb will replace the then director José Ignacio Palma Sotomayor, who was dismissed last March.Ministry of Finance statement)
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