Álvaro Elizalde
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Álvaro Elizalde | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Minister of the Interior and Public Security | |
| In office 4 March 2025 – 11 March 2026 | |
| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Carolina Tohá |
| Succeeded by | Claudio Alvarado |
| Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency | |
| In office 19 April 2023 – 4 March 2025 | |
| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Ana Lya Uriarte |
| President of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 15 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Ximena Rincón |
| Succeeded by | Juan Antonio Coloma Correa |
| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 19 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the circunscription |
| Minister of General Secretariat of Government | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 May 2015 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Pérez |
| Succeeded by | Marcelo Díaz Díaz |
| Superintendent of Social Security | |
| In office 4 December 2008 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Javier Fuenzalida |
| Succeeded by | María José Zaldívar |
| President of the University of Chile Student Federation | |
| In office 1993–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Arturo Barrios Oteiza |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Roco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1969 Talca, Chile |
| Party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse | Patricia Roa Ramírez |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Álvaro Antonio Elizalde Soto (born 15 October 1969) is a Chilean politician and lawyer. He assumed the office of Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency on 19 April 2023.
A member of the Socialist Party of Chile, he has served as a senator for the Maule Region since 2018 and has held several senior cabinet positions under Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Gabriel Boric.[1][2] Similarly, he as President of the Senate in the 56th National Congress of Chile.[3]
Elizalde was born on 15 October 1969 in Talca. He is the son of Antonio Elizalde Hevia, an academic, former rector and rector emeritus of the Bolivarian University of Chile, founder of the Christian Left, and an international consultant for organizations such as UNICEF, UNDP, and ECLAC, and María Eugenia Soto Albornoz.[4]
He is the partner of Patricia Roa, a lawyer specializing in labor law who has served as a programme officer at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and as president of the Fundación Trabajo para un Hermano. He is the father of two children.[4]
He completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio Francisco de Miranda and later at Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino in Santiago, graduating in 1986.[4]
In 1987, he entered the University of Chile Faculty of Law, where he earned a degree in legal and social sciences. His undergraduate thesis was titled “Compendio Alfabético de varias Reales Cédulas y Órdenes expedidas para el Gobierno de América que no se hallan inclusas en la Recopilación de Indias, formado para su uso privado por Don José de Rezabal y Ugarte, Regente de la Real Audiencia de Chile.” He was admitted to the bar on 31 January 2006.[4]
He later completed a master’s degree in constitutional law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[4]
In his professional life, Elizalde has worked primarily in public service, combining legal, administrative, and political responsibilities within the Chilean state apparatus.[4]
