Patricio Melero
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Patricio Melero | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Minister of Labor and Social Providence | |
| In office 7 April 2021 – 11 March 2022 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | María José Zaldívar |
| Succeeded by | Jeanette Jara[1] |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 7 April 2021 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Cristián Labbé Martínez |
| Constituency | District 8 |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Re-districted |
| Constituency | 16th District |
| Unión Demócrata Independiente President | |
| In office 30 March 2012 – 12 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Antonio Coloma Correa |
| Succeeded by | Ernesto Silva Méndez |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 March 2011 – 20 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Alejandra Sepúlveda |
| Succeeded by | Nicolás Monckeberg |
| Mayor of Pudahuel | |
| In office 12 September 1985 – 17 July 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Oyarzún Arriagada |
| Succeeded by | María Inés Suárez Montoya |
| General Secretary of the Youth[2] | |
| In office March 1983 – August 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Cordero Baeza |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio Fernández Doren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1956 |
| Party | Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI; 1989–) |
| Spouse | María Alejandrina Donoso |
| Children | Two |
| Parent(s) | José Manuel Melero Beatriz Abaroa |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Agricultural engineer |
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]
Melero was born in Santiago, Chile, on June 19, 1956. He is the son of Manuel Melero Rodríguez and Beatriz Abaroa Layda.[8]
He is married to María Alejandrina Donoso Noguera and has two sons, Sebastián and Patricio.[8]
He completed his primary and secondary education at Saint George's College, graduating in 1973. He later entered the University of Chile, where he earned a degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1985.[8]
During his studies, he also served as a teaching assistant in the Department of Rural Development at the Faculty of Agronomy of the same university.[8]
