Álvaro Bellolio
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Álvaro Bellolio | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Bellolio in 2021 | |
| Regional Councilor of Santiago Metropolitan Region | |
| Assumed office 5 January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Santiago IV |
| National Director of the National Migration Service | |
| In office 28 May 2021 – 11 March 2022 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Creation of the office |
| Succeeded by | Luis Thayer Correa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Santiago, Chile |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union |
| Parent(s) | Jaime Bellolio Rodríguez Margarita Avaria |
| Relatives | Jaime Bellolio (brother) |
| Alma mater | |
Álvaro Bellolio Avaria is a Chilean industrial engineer and politician. Since 2025, he has served as a regional councilor for the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
From 28 May 2021 to 11 March 2022 he was National Director of the National Migration Service (SERMIG) during the second government of Sebastián Piñera. Previously, between 2018 and 2021, he headed the Departamento de Extranjería y Migración (DEM) of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security.[1][2]
Bellolio contributes opinion columns to outlets such as Nuevo Poder and El Líbero, on topics including electoral participation of foreign residents and foreign policy risks.[3][4]
He is the son of Jaime Bellolio Rodríguez, former director of Canal 13, and Margarita María Avaria Benapres.[5] He is the brother of former deputy and minister Jaime Bellolio.[6]
He studied at Colegio Cordillera and earned a degree in Industrial Engineering with a mention in Information Technologies from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He later completed a master's degree in public policy at the University of Chicago.[2][1]