Alberto van Klaveren Stork

Foreign Affairs Minister - Chile

Alberto van Klaveren Stork holds a Degree in Legal Sciences from the Universidad de Chile, a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Denver, United States, and a Doctorandus in Political Science from the Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands.

With extensive experience in the academic world, he has worked in research on International Relations, Comparative Foreign Policy, Chilean Foreign Policy and International Law.

Until his appointment as Foreign Affairs Minister, he served as director of the International Legal and Economic Relations Academic Unit in the Institute of International Studies at the Universidad de Chile.

He was also Chile’s Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg between 2001 and 2006, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary between 2006 and 2009, and agent of the State of Chile before The Hague for the claim filed against the country by Peru. He is an independent.