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Alberto Undurraga

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Alberto Undurraga
President of the Christian Democratic Party
Assumed office
10 November 2022
Preceded byAldo Mardones
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
11 March 2022 – 11 March 2026
Preceded byGabriel Silber
Constituency8th district
Minister of Public Works
In office
11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byLoreto Silva
Succeeded byJuan Andrés Fontaine
Mayor of Maipú
In office
6 December 2004 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byRoberto Sepúlveda Hermosilla
Succeeded byChristian Vittori
President of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Students Federation
In office
1991–1992
Preceded byClemente Pérez
Succeeded byFulvio Rossi
Personal details
Born (1969-06-17) 17 June 1969 (age 55)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyChristian Democratic Party
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEconomist

Alberto Undurraga Vicuña (born 17 June 1969) is a Chilean politician and economist currently serving as the president of the Christian Democratic Party.

Early life and education

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Undurraga was born in Santiago on 17 June 1969. He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He joined the Christian Democratic Party as a student in 1988, during Chile's transition to democracy.

Political career

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In the early 1990s, Undurraga was president of the Student's Federation while studying at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 2004, he was elected mayor of Maipú, a city in the greater Santiago area, serving in that capacity until 2012.

In 2014, President Michelle Bachelet named him Minister of Public Works, a position he served in until Sebastián Piñera took office in 2018.

In 2021, he was one of eight candidates elected from the 8th electoral district of the Chamber of Deputies, the only one in the district from the PDC.

In 2022, the PDC national council elected him party president.

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