Ministry of Justice Seremi meets new Regional Director of Civil Registration and Identification Service

Today, Tuesday, Michelle Peutat, the newly appointed Magellan Regional Director for Civil Registration and Identification, Francisco Javier Vera Fierro, a national Service Bureau officers with extensive experience (advice, management and planning) in the public and private sectors and a long-standing relationship with Magellan.

The professional, who took office at the district level on August 1, is a history teacher with a diploma in public policy and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in adult education training and a master’s degree in public administration and management. His most recent position was Head of the Citizen Participation Subsection of the Civil Registry, he worked at the General Secretariat of Government, SENADIS, FOSIS and the University of Playa Ancha, he was associated with the Organization of American Development and worked with the Organization of American States on the development and implementation of election observation missions some measures.

New Authority was born in Valparaíso from age 7 to grade 4, he lived in Punta Arenas and was a student of Escuela 7 (now Bernardo O’Higgins) and Liceo San José: “I arrived here because I had asthmatic bronchitis, my old man was a port worker in Valparaíso, and the doctor advised me to adapt to the cold and dry climate, so he asked to be transferred to Magellans (the port where he There was already a brother) and they settled here. Soon after, my bronchitis and asthma problems disappeared, and as a young man I even became a fireman in the 3rd company”.

In the course of Villa, it is worth noting that in the government of President Ricardo Lagos, he had the responsibility to issue the first presidential directive on citizen participation in the process of modernization of the country, in a period of participation in public policy . “Complicated, arid, a bit weathered stuff”.

Regarding this new challenge, he emphasized that yesterday, Monday, he met all the staff of the Regional Civil Registration Office and expressed to them his great appreciation for the work they do with the community. Currently, its biggest disadvantage is that there is no dedicated field service department, as there are currently only multifunctional officers working in shifts: “Magellan is a vast area where there are urban centers and populations that need attention and displacement is difficult. We need to have a unit that can move around the territory without neglecting the central functions to perform the required Field service, that’s a task we want to be able to solve.”

Seremi Michelle Peutat looked forward to a productive work together, stressing the importance of contributions from experienced Director(s) at central level, “We wish him the best of success, as it is up to his stewardship whether the Civil Registry can build on its current challenges with quality service, as it has always provided to the Magellan community.”