Patricio Melero

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Patricio Melero

| image = MINISTRO_DEL_TRABAJO_PATRICIO_MELERO_(2021).jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2021

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|7|19}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| office = Minister of Labor and Social Providence

| term_start = 7 April 2021

| term_end = 11 March 2022

| president = Sebastián Piñera

| predecessor = María José Zaldívar

| successor = Jeanette Jara{{cite news|url=https://chile.as.com/actualidad/cambio-de-mando-presidencial-en-chile-en-vivo-boric-asume-la-presidencia-de-pinera-n/|title=Boric assumes the presidency in Chile: news and reactions to the change of command|publisher=as.com|date=11 March 2022|accessdate=11 March 2022}}

| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

| constituency1 = District 8

| term_start1 = 11 March 2018

| term_end1 = 7 April 2021

| predecessor1 = Creation of the district

| successor1 = Cristián Labbé Martínez

| term_start2 = 11 March 1990

| term_end2 = 11 March 2018

| predecessor2 = Creation of the district

| successor2 = Dissolution of the district

| office3 = Unión Demócrata Independiente President

| term_start3 = 30 March 2012

| term_end3 = 12 May 2014

| predecessor3 = Juan Antonio Coloma Correa

| successor3 = Ernesto Silva Méndez

| office4 = President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

| term_start4 = 15 March 2011

| term_end4 = 20 March 2012

| predecessor4 = Alejandra Sepúlveda

| successor4 = Nicolás Monckeberg

| office5 = Mayor of Pudahuel

| term_start5 = 12 September 1985

| term_end5 = 17 July 1989

| predecessor5 = Sergio Oyarzún Arriagada

| successor5 = María Inés Suárez Montoya

| office6 = General Secretary of the Youth{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldesconcierto.cl/opinion/2021/05/03/secretaria-nacional-de-la-juventud-y-rol-de-melero.html|title=Opinión:Secretaría Nacional de la Juventud y Melero|first1=Rolando|last1=Mix Jiménez|publisher=El Desconcierto|date=3 March 2021|access-date=20 June 2021}}

| term_start6 = March 1983

| term_end6 = August 1985

| predecessor6 = Luis Cordero Baeza

| successor6 = Ignacio Fernández Doren

| party = Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI; 1989–)

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Universidad de Chile (BA)}}

| occupation =

| profession = Agricultural engineer

| parents = José Manuel Melero
Beatriz Abaroa

| spouse = María Alejandrina Donoso

| children = Two

| relatives =

| footnotes =

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/https-www-ex-ante-cl-perfil-15-cosas-que-hay-que-saber-sobre-patricio-melero-el-elegido-para-el-ministerio-del-trabajo/|title=Perfil: 15 cosas que hay que saber sobre Patricio Melero, el elegido para el Ministerio del Trabajo|first1=Josefina|last1=Ossandón|first2=Alex|last2=von Baer|publisher=Ex-Ante|date=7 April 2021|access-date=20 June 2021}}

He was a collaborator of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973–1990).{{Cite web|url=https://lavozdelosquesobran.cl/melero-su-temprana-y-activa-lealtad-a-la-dictadura-de-augusto-pinochet/|title=Melero, su temprana y activa lealtad a la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet|work=La Voz De Los Que Sobran |date=4 June 2020|access-date=20 June 2021}}

On 7 April 2021, he assumed the post of Minister of Labor and Social Provision{{Cite web|url=https://ellibero.cl/alerta/patricio-melero-asume-ministerio-del-trabajo-sus-retos-seran-fortalecer-red-de-proteccion-social-y-contribuir-al-dialogo-entre-trabajadores-y-empresarios/|title=Patricio Melero asume Ministerio del Trabajo, sus retos serán fortalecer red de protección social y contribuir al diálogo entre trabajadores y empresarios|date=7 April 2021|publisher=La Voz de Los Que Sobran|access-date=20 June 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/cristian-labbe-hijo-reemplazara-a-patricio-melero-en-la-camara-de-diputados/MTSHMPSQFNDYRKUA3AJ4UCKHGI/|title=Cristián Labbé hijo reemplazará a Patricio Melero en la Cámara de Diputados|date=7 April 2021|publisher=La Tercera|access-date=20 June 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/patricio-melero-reemplazado-cristian-labbe-martinez-camara-diputados_20210407/|title=Cristián Labbé Martínez es designado en el cupo de Patricio Melero en la Cámara de Diputados|date=7 April 2021|access-date=20 June 2021|publisher=CNN Chile}}