# Marcel Claude > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcel_Claude > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcel_Claude.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Claude > Source revision: 1347820675 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Chilean economist, academic and political activist This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (May 2013) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article. 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Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Marcel Claude Claude in 2013 Personal details Born Marcel Henri Claude Reyes (1957-02-26) 26 February 1957 (age 69) Santiago, Chile Party Independent Pro-Humanist Party (2013–) Party for Democracy (1990–95) Christian Democrat Youth of Chile (until 1973)[1] Alma mater University of Chile Occupation Economist, academician, politician Known for Candidate for President of Chile (2014–18) Signature Website todosalamoneda.cl **Marcel Henri Claude Reyes** (born in [Santiago, Chile](/source/Santiago%2C_Chile) on 26 February 1957) is a [Chilean](/source/Chile) economist, academic, and political activist. He was an [independent](/source/Independent_(politician)) candidate to become [President of Chile](/source/President_of_Chile) in the [2013 Chilean presidential election](/source/2013_Chilean_presidential_election),[2] and was endorsed by the [Humanist Party](/source/Humanist_Party_(Chile)).[3] Previously, Claude worked at the [Central Bank of Chile](/source/Central_Bank_of_Chile) between 1983 and 1995, and later directed two Chilean environmental [NGOs](/source/NGO). ## Early life Claude was born on 26 February 1957 in [Santiago de Chile](/source/Santiago_de_Chile) to Rolande Hugo Claude Dellepiane, a native of [Concepción](/source/Concepci%C3%B3n%2C_Chile), and Leyla del Carmen Reyes Maluje.[4] In 1975, he enrolled in the [University of Chile](/source/University_of_Chile), and graduated in 1982 with a degree in [economics](/source/Economics). After that, he got an educational scholarship at the [Université catholique de Louvain](/source/Louvain_Catholic_University), [Belgium](/source/Belgium), in 1986 and got a degree in Master of Arts in 1987. At the same university, he was a candidate for a Doctorate in Economy Science. On 25 July 1986, he married Oriella Celsi Tasso.[4] ## Professional career ### Central Bank of Chile Claude started his career at the [Central Bank of Chile](/source/Central_Bank_of_Chile) in 1983. He served as an economic analyst and wrote reports regarding external debt and possible solutions to this problem, among other themes. He wrote a seminal report on the state of external debt in [Latin America](/source/Latin_America), among others. During this period he was a professor of economic development at the [Catholic University of Valparaíso](/source/Catholic_University_of_Valpara%C3%ADso). ### Environmentalist NGOs In 1997, after completing his work at the Central Bank, Claude created the [Terram Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundaci%C3%B3n_Terram&action=edit&redlink=1), whose objective was to promote [sustainable development](/source/Sustainable_development) in Chile. In April 2003, he became the executive director of the Office for South America and Antarctica of [Oceana](/source/Oceana_(non-profit_group)).[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-pdc_1-0)** ["Marcel Claude, candidato a Presidente: "Es tiempo de cambiar el curso de la historia""](https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232543/http://www.revistasomos.cl/2013/04/marcel-claude-candidato-a-presidente-es-tiempo-de-cambiar-el-curso-de-la-historia/). *Somos*. 10 April 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.revistasomos.cl/2013/04/marcel-claude-candidato-a-presidente-es-tiempo-de-cambiar-el-curso-de-la-historia/) on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 2013-05-20. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Copesa, Grupo (2013-01-26). ["Economista Marcel Claude lanza su candidatura presidencial | Negocios"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111416/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/negocios/2013/01/655-505931-9-economista-marcel-claude-lanza-su-candidatura-presidencial.shtml). La Tercera. Archived from [the original](http://www.latercera.com/noticia/negocios/2013/01/655-505931-9-economista-marcel-claude-lanza-su-candidatura-presidencial.shtml) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-04. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Partido Humanista proclama a economista Marcel Claude como candidato presidencial - Nacional - BioBioChile"](http://nacional.biobiochile.cl/notas/2013/03/12/partido-humanista-proclama-a-economista-marcel-claude-como-candidato-presidencial.shtml). Nacional.biobiochile.cl. Retrieved 2013-04-04.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Civil_e_Identificación_1145_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Civil_e_Identificación_1145_4-1) Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación, Inscripción n°1145, año 1986, Circunscripción: Las Condes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Cranor, Dustin. ["John O'Leary visits Oceana in Chile"](http://oceana.org/es/news-media/press-center/press-releases/john-o-leary-visits-oceana-in-chile). Oceana. Retrieved 22 May 2013.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) ## External links - [Official campaign web site](https://web.archive.org/web/20130602001952/http://todosalamoneda.cl/), in [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language). - [Terram Foundation website](http://www.terram.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=236) in [English](/source/English_language) - Marcel Claude (1997). [*Una vez más la miseria: es Chile un país sustentable?*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AlmnQgS0rkIC). Lom Ediciones. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-956-282-025-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-956-282-025-7). 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