Juan_Gabriel_Valdés
Juan Gabriel Valdés Soublette (Santiago, June 2, 1947) is a Chilean political scientist, diplomat and former minister during the Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle presidency. Between 1973 and 1976 he studied political science at Princeton University in the United States, where he obtained a Ph.D.[1]
In 2014, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet appointed Valdés as Chilean Ambassador to the United States.[2]
From 2000 to 2003, Valdes was Chile's Ambassador to the United Nations.
He is the son of composer Sylvia Soublette and Gabriel Valdes, who also served as a Chilean diplomat.