Claudio Alvarado

Claudio Alvarado
Official portrait (2018)
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office
4 August 2020 – 11 March 2022
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Constituency13th Circunscription
Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency
In office
4 June 2020 – 28 July 2020
Preceded byFelipe Ward
Succeeded byCristián Monckeberg
Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development
In office
4 November 2019 – 4 June 2020
Preceded byFelipe Salaberry
Succeeded byJuan Manuel Masferrer
General Undersecretary of the Presidency
In office
11 March 2010 – 11 March 2014
Preceded byEdgardo Riveros Marín
Succeeded byPatricia Silva Meléndez
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
11 March 1994 – 11 March 2010
Preceded byJuan Alberto Pérez Muñoz
Succeeded byAlejandro Santana Tirachini
Constituency58th District
Major of Quemchi
In office
June 1985 – December 1986
Preceded byColonel Leopoldo Moya Bruce
Succeeded byMaría Eugenia Acevedo Andrade
Personal details
Born (1960-02-07) 7 February 1960 (age 64)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyUnión Demócrata Independiente (UDI)
SpouseUnknown
ChildrenFive
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusiness management

Claudio Patricio Alvarado Andrade (born 7 February 1960) is a Chilean politician and business manager, militant from Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI). From June 2020 to July 2020, he served as Minister Secretary General of the Presidency[1][2]

In 1985, aged 25, Alvarado was appointed by Augusto Pinochet regime (1973–1990) as a major of Quemchi, a northwest commune in Chiloé Island.[3] Then, in 1990s, he was elected deputy for the 58th District which groupes towns from Chiloé. In this position, he remained sixteen years (1994–2010) until 2009–10 general elections won by centre-rightist Sebastián Piñera, who appointed him as General Undersecretary of the Presidency,[4] charge he held during all Piñera's first government (2010–2014).

In 2018, with Piñera's non-consecutive reelection, he was again named as general undersecretary (2018–2019),[4] as Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development (2019–2020)[5] and finally as Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency.

  1. ^ "¿Quién es Claudio Alvarado?: El nuevo ministro de la Segpres". Radio Duna. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ ""Buen negociador" y amigable para la oposición: El perfil de Claudio Alvarado, el nuevo ministro de Segpres". CNN Chile. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ^ "El primer chilote miembro del gabinete: ¿Cuáles son las redes que llevaron a Alvarado a comandar la Segpres?". Emol. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Quiénes son los subsecretarios que acompañarán a Sebastián Piñera en su gobierno". Emol. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Presidente Piñera nombra a Claudio Alvarado como nuevo Subdere". La Tercera. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.