Alberto Undurraga Explained

Alberto Undurraga
Birth Date:1969 6, df=y
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Office:President of the Christian Democratic Party
Term Start:10 November 2022
Predecessor:Aldo Mardones
Office1:Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Constituency1:8th district
Term Start1:11 March 2022
Term End1:11 March 2026
Predecessor1:Gabriel Silber
Office2:Minister of Public Works
Term Start2:11 March 2014
Term End2:11 March 2018
President2:Michelle Bachelet
Predecessor2:Loreto Silva
Successor2:Juan Andrés Fontaine
Office3:Mayor of Maipú
Term Start3:6 December 2004
Term End3:16 November 2012
Predecessor3:Roberto Sepúlveda Hermosilla
Successor3:Christian Vittori
Office4:President of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Students Federation
Term Start5:1991
Term End5:1992
Predecessor5:Clemente Pérez
Successor5:Fulvio Rossi
Party:Christian Democratic Party
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Economist

Alberto Undurraga Vicuña (born 17 June 1969) is a Chilean politician and economist currently serving as the president of the Christian Democratic Party.

Early life and education

Undurraga was born in Santiago on 17 June 1969. He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He joined the Christian Democratic Party as a student in 1988, during Chile's transition to democracy.

Political career

In the early 1990s, Undurraga was president of the Student's Federation while studying at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 2004, he was elected mayor of Maipú, a city in the greater Santiago area, serving in that capacity until 2012.

In 2014, President Michelle Bachelet named him Minister of Public Works, a position he served in until Sebastián Piñera took office in 2018.

In 2021, he was one of eight candidates elected from the 8th electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies, the only one in the district from the PDC.

In 2022, the PDC national council elected him party president.

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