Claudio Alvarado
Chilean politician
Claudio Patricio Alvarado Andrade (born 7 February 1960) is a Chilean politician and business manager, member of the Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI). From June 2020 to July 2020, he served as Minister Secretary General of the Presidency.
In 1985, aged 25, Alvarado was appointed by Augusto Pinochet regime (1973–1990) as a mayor of Quemchi, a northwest commune in Chiloé Island. 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-right politician Sebastián Piñera, who appointed him as General Undersecretary of the Presidency, 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), as Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development (2019–2020) and finally as Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency.
He has served as Minister of the Interior since 11 March 2026 during the presidency of José Antonio Kast, and as Minister Secretary-General of the Government of Chile (Segegob) (Government Spokesperson) since May 19, 2026.
Biography
He was born on 7 February 1960 in Castro, Chiloé Island. He is the son of José Guillermo Alvarado Andrade and María Irma Andrade Bahamonde. He is the father of five children.
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