Patricio Melero | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2021 | |
Minister of Labor and Social Providence | |
In office 7 April 2021 – 11 March 2022 | |
President | Sebastián Piñera |
Preceded by | María José Zaldívar |
Succeeded by | Jeanette Jara[1] |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
In office 11 March 2018 – 7 April 2021 | |
Preceded by | Creation of the district |
Succeeded by | Cristián Labbé Martínez |
Constituency | 8th District |
In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Creation of the district |
Succeeded by | Dissolution of the district |
Unión Demócrata Independiente President | |
In office 30 March 2012 – 12 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Juan Antonio Coloma Correa |
Succeeded by | Ernesto Silva Méndez |
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
In office 15 March 2011 – 20 March 2012 | |
Preceded by | Alejandra Sepúlveda |
Succeeded by | Nicolás Monckeberg |
Mayor of Pudahuel | |
In office 12 September 1985 – 17 July 1989 | |
Preceded by | Sergio Oyarzún Arriagada |
Succeeded by | María Inés Suárez Montoya |
General Secretary of the Youth[2] | |
In office March 1983 – August 1985 | |
Preceded by | Luis Cordero Baeza |
Succeeded by | Ignacio Fernández Doren |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago, Chile | 19 July 1956
Political party | Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI; 1989–) |
Spouse | María Alejandrina Donoso |
Children | Two |
Parent(s) | José Manuel Melero Beatriz Abaroa |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Agricultural engineer |
Patricio Melero Abaroa (born 19 June 1956) is a Chilean politician and agricultural engineer, militant from Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI), party which he was president.[3]
He was a collaborator of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973–1990).[2][4]
On 7 April 2021, he assumed the post of Minister of Labor and Social Provision[5] after being appointed by Sebastián Piñera during his second government (2018–2022), administration where he official and initially he supported as deputy. Thus, Cristián Labbé Martínez replaced him.[6][7]