| Ernesto Velasco | |
| Birth Date: | 1963 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | La Serena, Chile |
| Office1: | President of the Radical Social Democratic Party |
| Term Start1: | 9 June 2014 |
| Term End1: | 27 August 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | José Antonio Gómez |
| Successor1: | Carlos Maldonado Curti[1] |
| Office2: | Intendant of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago |
| Term Start2: | 28 May 1998 |
| Term End2: | 13 March 2000 |
| Predecessor2: | Germán Quintana |
| Successor2: | Sergio Galilea |
| Party: | Radical Party (1983–1994; 2018–) Radical Social Democrat Party (1994–2018) |
| Alma Mater: | University of La Serena |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Teacher of History and Geography |
| Spouse: | Mireya Pacareu |
| Children: | Three |
Ernesto Leonardo Velasco Rodríguez (born 13 September 1963) is a Chilean politician and teacher of History and Geography.
He was president of the Radical Social Democrat Party from 2014 to 2018.[2] [3] [4] On 24 August 2015, he joined with Li Baorong, Ambassador of China in Chile[5] during the second government of Michelle Bachelet (2014–2018).