Rene Orellana Halkyer
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Rene Gonzalo Orellana Halkyer[a] (Cochabamba, Bolivia, July 20, 1969) is a sociologist, doctor of Law, and diplomat from Bolivia. Since November 2025, he has served as Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[1]
Orellana Halkyer has held various positions in Bolivia’s public administration and diplomatic corps, including roles in environment, climate change, and sustainable development. [2]
He held several ministerial roles during Evo Morales’s presidency. He was head of the Bolivian diplomatic delegation at international forums on climate change. He was Bolivia’s ambassador to Uruguay and the representative to Mercosur.
He also held positions at multilateral organizations, such as the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Biography
Ministerial positions
He held various political positions within Evo Morales's administration. In 2006, he served as Deputy Minister of Basic Services. In April 2008, he was appointed Minister of Water, a position he held until January 2009 [3][4][5]
On January 23, 2015, at the start of his third term, President Evo Morales Ayma appointed René Gonzalo Orellana as Bolivia’s Minister of Development Planning. He was replaced by Mariana Prado Noya.[6]
He was the amabassador of Bolivia in Uruguay and Bolivia's representative in Mercosur y ALADI in 2019.[7]
Diplomatic career
From 2011 to 2014, Orellana served as head of the Bolivian delegation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. In this role, he championed four proposals in the Paris Agreement, including recognition of traditional knowledge in climate change mitigation and adaptation.[8] He published a book about this experience with Cambridge University press.[9]
Multilateral roles
From March 2022, he served as Regional Manager for Mexico and Central America and Representative in Mexico for the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).[10]
In 2025, he was appointed Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[1]
Notes
- ↑ In this name that follows Hispanic American naming customs, the first or paternal surname is Orellana and the second or maternal family name is Halkyer.
References
- 1 2 "FAO anuncia la designación del Sr. Rene Orellana Halkyer como Subdirector General y Representante Regional para América Latina y el Caribe". Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ "Dos bolivianos asumen la representación de CAF en Argentina y México". Cadecocruz (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ "Evo posesiona a René Orellana como nuevo ministro del Agua". Opinión. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "René Orellana Halkyer". Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2026 (in Spanish). 2026-04-02. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ "Bolivia: Decreto Presidencial Nº 29497, 1 de abril de 2008". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ "10 nuevos ministros figuran en el gabinete de Evo; Choquehuanca y Quintana dejan sus cargos" (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ "Presentación del nuevo embajador de Bolivia ante la ALADI". Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ "Propuestas bolivianas son protagonistas en la Conferencia de la Partes Sobre el Cambio Climático". Bolivia.com (in Spanish). 2015-12-13. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ Orellana Halkyer, Rene (2021). Walker, Hayley (ed.). COP 21 – Complaints and Negotiation: The Role of the Like-Minded Developing Countries Group (LMDC) and the Paris Agreement. Cambridge University Press. pp. 160–181. ISBN 978-1-108-84050-7. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ "René Orellana Halkyer, nuevo Gerente Regional de México y Centroamérica de CAF y Representante en México".