Álvaro Elizalde

Álvaro Elizalde
Álvaro Elizalde
	Official portrait, 2022
Minister of the Interior and Public Security
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 March 2025
President	Gabriel Boric
Preceded by	Carolina Tohá
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
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
Political party	Socialist Party
Spouse	Patricia Roa Ramírez
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Chile (LL.B);
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.

He was minister of Michelle Bachelet.^[1]^[2] On 11 March 2022 to 15 March 2023, he was elected President of the Senate in the LVI legislative period of the Chilean Congress.^[3]

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