Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle

{{Short description|Chilean businessperson and politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gabriel Ruíz-Tagle

| image = 200px

| caption = Official portrait (2010)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1953|6|15}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| office = President of Blanco y Negro S.A.

| term_start = 17 April 2018

| term_end = 29 April 2019

| predecessor = Aníbal Mosa

| successor = Aníbal Mosa

| term_start1 = April 2007

| term_end1 = 15 March 2010

| predecessor1 = Cristián Varela

| successor1 = Guillermo Mackenna

| office2 = Minister of Sports

| term_start2 = 14 November 2013

| term_end2 = 14 March 2014

| predecessor2 = Creation of the charge

| successor2 = Natalia Riffo

| office3 = Undersecretary of Sports

| term_start3 = 11 March 2010

| term_end3 = 14 November 2013

| predecessor3 = Marcela González

| successor3 = Eduardo Valenzuela Vaillant

| party = Renovación Nacional
(RN; 1988–1990)
Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI)
(1990–present)

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (BA)}}

| occupation = Politician

| profession =

| parents =

| spouse = Loreto Barros

| children = Six

| relatives =

| footnotes =

}}

Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle Correa (born 15 June 1953) is a Chilean politician and entrepreneur. He was the first Chilean citizen in serve as Sports Minister during president Sebastián Piñera's first government.{{Cite web|url=https://radio.uchile.cl/2013/08/28/gabriel-ruiz-tagle-sera-el-primer-ministro-de-deportes/|title=Gabriel Ruiz Tagle será el primer ministro de Deportes|publisher=Radio Universidad de Chile|date=28 August 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.interior.gob.cl/sitio-2010-2014/n8233_14-11-2013.html|title=Gobierno designa a Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle como primer Ministro del Deporte|publisher=Ministry of Interior|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/gobierno/ministerio-del-deporte/presidente-pinera-nombro-a-gabriel-ruiz-tagle-como-el-primer-ministro/2013-11-14/110551.html|title=Presidente Piñera nombró a Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle como el primer ministro del Deporte|publisher=Radio Cooperativa|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.duna.cl/noticias/2013/11/14/presidente-sebastian-pinera-inaugura-el-ministerio-del-deporte/|title=Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle jura como el primer ministro del Deporte|publisher=Radio Duna|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.df.cl/noticias/economia-y-politica/gobierno/pinera-designa-a-gabriel-ruiz-tagle-como-primer-ministro-del-deporte/2013-11-14/112719.html|title=Piñera designa a Gabriel Ruíz-Tagle como primer ministro del deporte|publisher=Diario Financiero|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/pulso/presidente-pinera-nombra-a-gabriel-ruiz-tagle-como-primer-ministro-del-deporte/|title=Presidente Piñera nombra a Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle como primer Ministro del Deporte|publisher=La Tercera|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldinamo.cl/estadio/2013/11/14/pinera-nombra-a-gabriel-ruiz-tagle-como-el-primer-ministro-de-deportes/|title=Piñera nombra a Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle como el primer ministro de Deportes|publisher=El Dínamo|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2013/11/14/629689/presidente-pinera-anuncia-implementacion-del-ministerio-del-deporte.html|title=Presidente Piñera nombra a Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle como primer ministro del Deporte|publisher=Emol|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.24horas.cl/politica/gabriel-ruiz-tagle-jura-como-el-nuevo-ministro-del-deporte-935377|title=Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle jura como el nuevo ministro del Deporte|publisher=24 Horas|date=14 November 2013|accessdate=3 August 2021}}

He studied at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.{{cite web|author=Pérez, Ximena|url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2015/10/29/el-estilo-de-gabriel-ruiz-tagle-el-cerebro-de-la-colusion-entre-las-papeleras/|title=El estilo de Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle, cerebro de la colusión entre las papeleras|work=El Mostrador|date=29 October 2015|accessdate=31 October 2015}}

He was the main shareholder of Blanco y Negro S.A., Colo-Colo administrative concessionaire. He was also chairman of the concessionaire directors' board between 2007 and 2010.