Ricardo Montero Allende
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Ricardo Montero | |
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| Undersecretary of Defense | |
| In office 16 August 2023 – 11 March 2026 | |
| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Víctor Barrueto |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 18th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1983 |
| Party | Socialist Party[1] |
| Parent(s) | Adolfo Montero María Luz Allende |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ricardo Montero Allende (born 12 June 1983 in Santiago) is a Chilean lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party of Chile.[2][3][4]
He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 18th electoral district of the Maule Region, and acted as coordinator of the Committee on the Political System, Legislative Power, and Electoral System.[5]
Montero Allende was born on 12 June 1983 in Santiago.[5] He is the son of Adolfo Montero Jaramillo and María Luz Allende Urrutia.[5]
He completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio del Verbo Divino.[5] He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[5] He holds a Master’s degree in Defence and Security from the Inter-American Defense College –United States– and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Autonomous University of Barcelona at Spain.[5]
He volunteered with Techo para Chile, contributing both in Chile and other Latin American countries to the strengthening of community organization.[5] Following the reconstruction process after the 2010 earthquake, he lived in Brazil for two years, where he led Techo’s team in São Paulo.[5]