Ricardo Montero Allende

{{Short description|Chilean politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ricardo Montero

| image = Ricardo Montero Allende foto.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1983|6|12}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| office = Undersecretary of Defense

| president = Gabriel Boric

| term_start = 16 August 2023

| term_end =

| predecessor = Víctor Barrueto

| successor =

| office1 = Member of the Constitutional Convention

| constituency1 = 18th District

| term_start1 = 4 July 2021

| term_end1 = 4 July 2022

| party = Socialist Party{{Cite web|url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/perfil-ricardo-montero-ps-nuevo-jefe-de-gabinete-de-toha-exconvencional-que-tensiono-a-su-partido-al-apoyar-el-fin-del-senado/|title=Perfil: Ricardo Montero (PS), nuevo jefe de gabinete de Tohá, el exconvencional que tensionó a su partido al apoyar el fin del senado|publisher=Ex-Ante|date=8 September 2022|accessdate=3 February 2024}}

| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (BA)|Inter-American Defense College (MA)|Autonomous University of Barcelona (MA)}}

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Lawyer

| parents = Adolfo Montero
María Luz Allende

| relatives =

| footnotes =

}}

Ricardo Ignacio Montero Allende (born 12 June 1983) is a Chilean politician who has served as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention and as Undersecretary of Defense of his country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/cambio-de-gabinete-exconvencional-ricardo-montero-reemplaza-a-victor-barrueto-en-la-subsecretaria-de-defensa/JSGIHJLWERGDVAZTFQJ5RRDVE4/|title=Cambio de gabinete: exconvencional Ricardo Montero reemplaza a Víctor Barrueto en la Subsecretaría de Defensa|publisher=La Tercera|date=16 August 2023|accessdate=3 February 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/opinion/columnas/2023/08/23/ricardo-montero-allende-y-la-subsecretaria-de-defensa/|title=Ricardo Montero Allende y la Subsecretaría de Defensa|publisher=El Mostrador|date=23 August 2023|accessdate=3 February 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2023/08/18/construyo-odiosidad-con-el-senado-critican-al-exconstituyente-montero-ps-tras-asumir-en-defensa.shtml|title=Premio a los irresponsables: senadores apuntan a exconstituyente Montero (PS) tras asumir en Defensa|publisher=Radio Bío Bío|date=18 August 2023|accessdate=3 February 2024}}