Alberto Undurraga
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Alberto Undurraga | |
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| President of the Christian Democratic Party | |
| In office 10 November 2022 – 27 July 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Aldo Mardones |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Huenchumilla |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Silber |
| Constituency | District 8 |
| Minister of Public Works | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | Loreto Silva |
| Succeeded by | Juan Andrés Fontaine |
| Mayor of Maipú | |
| In office 6 December 2004 – 16 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Roberto Sepúlveda |
| Succeeded by | Christian Vittori |
| President of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Students Federation | |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Clemente Pérez |
| Succeeded by | Fulvio Rossi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1969 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (B.Sc) |
| 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.
Undurraga was born in Santiago on 17 June 1969. He is the son of Alberto Undurraga Undurraga and Ana Elvira Vicuña Baeza.[1] He is married to María Paulina Flotts de los Hoyos and is the father of two children.[1]
He completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio between 1975 and 1986. Between 1987 and 1992, he studied Commercial Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC).[1]
From 1997 to 1998, he completed a Master’s degree in Applied Economics at the University of Michigan in the United States.[1]
In his professional career, he served as Commercial Manager of the Microenterprise Program at Banco del Desarrollo between 1994 and 1995. He later served as General Manager of Bandesarrollo Microempresas S.A. until 1997. Between 1999 and 2000, he was Director of the Commercial Engineering program at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado and a faculty member at the Universidad Central de Chile.[1]