President Echenique is accompanied by the Chilean Ambassador to Vietnam Fernando José Urrutia; Director of Directorate for Asia Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), José Miguel de la Cruz; senators Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (former Chilean President), José García and Carlos Larráin; congressmen María Angélica Cristi, Tucapel Jiménez and Fernando Meza, as well as several officials from MOFA and the Presidential Palace (La Moneda).
President Echenique was born on December 1, 1949. He graduated from the Economics Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and went on to earn his Doctorate from Havard University in the United States.
He was sworn in as the 47th President of the Republic of Chile in March 2010.