Claudio Alvarado

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alvarado and the second or maternal family name is Andrade.

Claudio Patricio Alvarado Andrade (born 7 February 1960) is a Chilean politician and business manager, militant from Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI). From June 2020 to July 2020, he served as Minister Secretary General of the Presidency^[1][2]

Claudio Alvarado
Official portrait (2018)
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office 4 August 2020 – 11 March 2022
President	Sebastián Piñera
Constituency	13th Circunscription
Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency
In office 4 June 2020 – 28 July 2020
Preceded by	Felipe Ward
Succeeded by	Cristián Monckeberg
Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development
In office 4 November 2019 – 4 June 2020
Preceded by	Felipe Salaberry
Succeeded by	Juan Manuel Masferrer
General Undersecretary of the Presidency
In office 11 March 2010 – 11 March 2014
Preceded by	Edgardo Riveros Marín
Succeeded by	Patricia Silva Meléndez
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2010
Preceded by	Juan Alberto Pérez
Succeeded by	Alejandro Santana Tirachini
Constituency	58th District
Major of Quemchi
In office June 1985 – December 1986
Preceded by	Colonel Leopoldo Moya Bruce
Succeeded by	María Eugenia Acevedo Andrade
Personal details
Born	(1960-02-07) 7 February 1960 (age 65) Santiago, Chile
Political party	Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI)
Spouse	Unknown
Children	Five
Alma mater	BA at Escuela de Negocios de Valparaíso (current Adolfo Ibáñez University)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Business management

In 1985, aged 25, Alvarado was appointed by Augusto Pinochet regime (1973–1990) as a major of Quemchi, a northwest commune in Chiloé Island.^[3] Then, in 1990s, he was elected deputy for the 58th District which groupes towns from Chiloé. In this position, he remained sixteen years (1994–2010) until 2009–10 general elections won by centre-rightist Sebastián Piñera, who appointed him as General Undersecretary of the Presidency,^[4] charge he held during all Piñera's first government (2010–2014).

In 2018, with Piñera's non-consecutive reelection, he was again named as general undersecretary (2018–2019),^[4] as Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development (2019–2020)^[5] and finally as Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency.