Nelson Vásquez

Nelson Vásquez Lara is a Chilean historian who is the current chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.

Before leading his alma mater, he was vice chancellor from 2010 to 2022. Similarly, Vásquez was extension manager (1996–1999) and head of teaching (1999–2000) at the PUCV Institute of History, where he also was a scholar and Teaching Practice Coordinator in the 2000s.