Governor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region

The 2017 constitutional reform^[1] established the popular election of the executive body of the regional government, creating the position of Regional governor (gobernador regional) and setting up a Delegado presidencial regional (regional presidential delegation), who represents the President of Chile in the region and oversees the regions alongside provincial presidential delegates.^[2]

The first regional governor elections in Chile were held on May 15 and 16, 2021, with the elected officials assuming their duties on July 14 of the same year.^[3]

Former minister and intendant Claudio Orrego won the election for the Santiago Metropolitan Region, becoming the first person to hold that position.^[4] On November 24, 2024, Orrego was reelected for a second term.^[5]