Julio Ibarra

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Julio Ibarra Maldonado

|honorific-suffix =

|image = Gobernador Julio Ibarra.jpg

|caption = Official portrait of Governor Ibarra, 2012.

|order2 =

|office2 = Councillor of Pedro Aguirre Cerda

|term_start2 = 2000

|term_end2 = 2004

|order = 9th

|office = Governor of Cardenal Caro Province

|term_start = 16 March 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/pais/2010/03/16/ejecutivo-nombra-a-sus-gobernadores/|title=Ejecutivo nombra a sus gobernadores|work=El Mostrador|date=16 March 2010|access-date=9 March 2014|url-status=live|location=Santiago, Chile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309125856/http://www.elmostrador.cl/pais/2010/03/16/ejecutivo-nombra-a-sus-gobernadores/|archive-date=9 March 2014|language=es}}

|term_end = 12 March 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.gobernacioncardenalcaro.gov.cl/n270_13-03-2014.html |title=Gobernación Provincia de Cardenal Caro - Gobierno de Chile |access-date=2014-03-16 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316080350/http://www.gobernacioncardenalcaro.gov.cl/n270_13-03-2014.html |archive-date=2014-03-16 }}

|predecessor= Loreto Puebla Muñoz{{cite web |url=http://www.gobernacioncardenalcaro.gov.cl/vision.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306033644/http://www.gobernacioncardenalcaro.gov.cl/vision.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=dead|title=Misión Institucional |publisher=Gobernación de Cardenal Caro |language=es |access-date=4 January 2011 |location=Pichilemu, Chile }}

|successor =Teresa Núñez Cornejo

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|07|15}}

|birth_place = Las Cabras, Chile

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse = Carla García

|children = Diego Ibarra García (born 1996)

|alma_mater = Instituto Iplacex

|residence = Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region, Chile{{cite news |url=http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2010/04/03354-julio-ibarra-maldonado-quot-espero-hacer-un-trabajo-de-excelencia-quot.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315054856/http://pichilemunews.blogcindario.com/2010/04/03354-julio-ibarra-maldonado-quot-espero-hacer-un-trabajo-de-excelencia-quot.html |archive-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=live|title=JULIO IBARRA MALDONADO: "ESPERO HACER UN TRABAJO DE EXCELENCIA" |last=Saldías |first=Washington |date=5 April 2010 |work=Pichilemu News |language=es |access-date=4 January 2011 |location=Pichilemu, Chile }}

|party = National Renewal (RN)

|website = [http://www.gobernacioncardenalcaro.gov.cl/curriculum.html Ibarra] at the Government of Cardenal Caro Province website

|president = Sebastián Piñera Echenique

}}

Julio Diego Ibarra Maldonado (born July 15, 1966) is a Chilean politician. Ibarra was the Governor of Cardenal Caro Province since he was appointed by President of Chile Sebastián Piñera{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707011839/http://www.interior.gob.cl/transparencia/doc/ActosyDocumentosDiarioOficial/210/256954.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=live|url=http://www.interior.gov.cl/transparencia/doc/ActosyDocumentosDiarioOficial/210/256954.pdf |title=Nombra GOBERNADOR Provincia titular en CARDENAL CARO |date=17 May 2010 |publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile |language=es |access-date=4 January 2011 |location=Santiago, Chile }} on March 16, 2010. He left office on March 12, 2014.

Between 2000 and 2004, Ibarra had also worked as Councillor of the commune of Pedro Aguirre Cerda in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316190605/http://www.diarioviregion.cl/politica/56-intendente-presento-a-los-tres-nuevos-gobernadores-provinciales-|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=live|url=http://www.diarioviregion.cl/politica/56-intendente-presento-a-los-tres-nuevos-gobernadores-provinciales-|title=Intendente presentó a los tres nuevos Gobernadores Provinciales|date=17 March 2010|work=Diario VI Región|publisher=Diario VI Región|language=es|access-date=4 January 2011|location=Rancagua, Chile}}

Early life

Julio Ibarra was born on July 15, 1966. He is a native of Las Cabras, Cachapoal Province,{{cite web |url=http://www.gobernacioncardenalcaro.gov.cl/curriculum.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306033420/http://www.gobernacioncardenalcaro.gov.cl/curriculum.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=dead|title=Curriculum |publisher=Government of Cardenal Caro Province |language=es |access-date=4 January 2011 |location=Pichilemu, Chile }} and studied Public Administration, specializing in Finance, in the Instituto Iplacex. Ibarra also studied at the Escuela de Carabineros de Chile between 1987 and 1988 in order to become a police officer.

From 1990 to 2002, Ibarra was a publicity and textile businessman. Between 2003 and 2010, he worked as co-administrator and backer of the Escuela Particular Diego Thompson in San Ramón, Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Political career

File:Roberto Córdova, Sebastián Piñera y Julio Ibarra junto a cheerleaders del CPS.jpg of Pichilemu Roberto Córdova, President Sebastián Piñera and Ibarra, with members of Cheer C.P.S., the Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu cheerleading squad, in April 2013.]]

Ibarra was elected Councillor of Pedro Aguirre Cerda, a commune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, in 2000 with 5631 (9,46%) from the 59526 total votes, and held the charge until 2004.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321055058/http://www.elecciones.gov.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2000/municipales/comunas/candidatos/total/4122.htm|archive-date=21 March 2012|url-status=dead|url=http://www.elecciones.gov.cl/SitioHistorico/paginas/2000/municipales/comunas/candidatos/total/4122.htm|title=Votación Candidatos por Comuna Pedro Aguirre Cerda Municipales 2000|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of Chile|date=2000|language=es|access-date=4 January 2011}}

On March 16, 2010, Julio Ibarra was appointed Governor of Cardenal Caro Province by President Sebastián Piñera. Ibarra had worked with Piñera during his 2010 presidential campaign as head of campaign operations in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Ibarra first appeared in public in this role on March 17, along with Intendant of O'Higgins Region Rodrigo Pérez Mackenna, and Eduardo Cornejo Lagos and Marie Jeanne Lyon Amand de Mendieta, the recently appointed Governors of Colchagua and Cachapoal Provinces respectively.

Julio Ibarra assumed his position as governor of Cardenal Caro just after a devastating earthquake on February 27 that devastated central Chile,{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430122417/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/27/us-quake-chile-idUSTRE61Q0S920100227 |archive-date=30 April 2013 |url-status=live|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61Q0S920100227 |title=Massive earthquake hits Chile, 214 dead |last=Saavedra |first=Jose Luis |date=February 27, 2010 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=October 17, 2010 |location=Concepción, Chile }} including the province, and another earthquake on March 11, centered in province capital Pichilemu.{{cite news|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=402896|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005005245/http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2010/03/11/402896/shoa-declaro-alerta-de-tsunami-tras-fuerte-replica-de-69-grados-richter.html|archive-date=5 October 2012|url-status=live|title=SHOA declaró alerta de tsunami tras fuerte réplica de 6,9 grados Richter|date=March 11, 2010|publisher=El Mercurio|language=es|access-date=October 18, 2010|location=Santiago, Chile}}