| Patricio Melero | |
| Birth Date: | 1956 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Office: | Minister of Labor and Social Providence |
| Term Start: | 7 April 2021 |
| Term End: | 11 March 2022 |
| President: | Sebastián Piñera |
| Predecessor: | María José Zaldívar |
| Successor: | Jeanette Jara[1] |
| Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile |
| Constituency1: | 8th District |
| Term Start1: | 11 March 2018 |
| Term End1: | 7 April 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Creation of the district |
| Successor1: | Cristián Labbé Martínez |
| Term Start2: | 11 March 1990 |
| Term End2: | 11 March 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Creation of the district |
| Successor2: | Dissolution of the district |
| Office3: | Unión Demócrata Independiente President |
| Term Start3: | 30 March 2012 |
| Term End3: | 12 May 2014 |
| Predecessor3: | Juan Antonio Coloma Correa |
| Successor3: | Ernesto Silva Méndez |
| Office4: | President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile |
| Term Start4: | 15 March 2011 |
| Term End4: | 20 March 2012 |
| Predecessor4: | Alejandra Sepúlveda |
| Successor4: | Nicolás Monckeberg |
| Office5: | Mayor of Pudahuel |
| Term Start5: | 12 September 1985 |
| Term End5: | 17 July 1989 |
| Predecessor5: | Sergio Oyarzún Arriagada |
| Successor5: | María Inés Suárez Montoya |
| Office6: | General Secretary of the Youth[2] |
| Term Start6: | March 1983 |
| Term End6: | August 1985 |
| Predecessor6: | Luis Cordero Baeza |
| Successor6: | Ignacio Fernández Doren |
| Party: | Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI; 1989–) |
| Profession: | Agricultural engineer |
| Parents: | José Manuel Melero Beatriz Abaroa |
| Spouse: | María Alejandrina Donoso |
| Children: | Two |
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]