Esteban Valenzuela

Esteban Valenzuela Van Treek (born 12 March 1964) is a Chilean journalist, politician and writer, born in Rancagua. Since 11 March 2022, he has served as Chile's Minister of Agriculture. Mayor of Rancagua from 1992 to 1996, and Deputy from 2002 to 2010.

His brother Darío also was mayor of Rancagua.

Since January 2021, he is vice-president of the Social Green Regionalist Federation.

Works

 * Fragmentos de una generación (1987)
 * Cómo ganarle a la rabia (1988)
 * Matilde espera carta de Alemania (1994)
 * Pichilemu Blues (1996)
 * La fecundidad de un gobierno local (1997)
 * Alegato histórico regionalista (1999)
 * El fantasma federal en Chile: la potencia de la reforma regional (2003)
 * Soborno sour (2005)
 * La voz terrible: Infante y el valdiviano federal (2008)
 * Nahual Maya: los días con sentido (2012)
 * Dios, Marx... y el MAPU (2014)