Patricio Melero

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]

Patricio Melero
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 of Chile
In office 11 March 2018 – 7 April 2021
Preceded by	Creation of the district
Succeeded by	Cristián Labbé Martínez
Constituency	District 8
In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2018
Preceded by	Creation of the district
Succeeded by	Dissolution of the 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 of Chile
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	(1956-07-19) 19 July 1956 (age 69) Santiago, Chile
Political party	Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI; 1989–)
Spouse	María Alejandrina Donoso
Children	Two
Parent(s)	José Manuel Melero Beatriz Abaroa
Alma mater	Universidad de Chile (BA)
Profession	Agricultural engineer

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]