Rodrigo Delgado

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| caption=Official portrait as Minister of the Interior

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| office= Interior and Public Security Minister

| term_start = 4 November 2020

| term_end = 11 March 2022

| president = Sebastián Piñera

| predecessor = Víctor Pérez Varela

| successor = Izkia Siches{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/migration-inflation-mining-chiles-boric-faces-full-in-tray-2022-03-11/|title=Explainer: Migration, inflation and mining: Chile's Boric faces full in-tray|first=Fabian|last=Cambero|publisher=Reuters|date=11 March 2022|accessdate=11 March 2022}}

| office1 = Mayor of Estación Central

| term_start1 = 6 December 2008

| term_end1 = 4 November 2020

| predecessor1 = Gustavo Hasbún

| successor1 = Miguel Abdo

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|06|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = La Ligua, Chile

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| party = Independent Democrat Union (UDI)

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| occupation = psychologist, politician

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Rodrigo Javier Delgado Mocarquer (La Ligua, June 13, 1974) is a Chilean psychologist and politician, member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party. From November 4, 2020 until 11 March 2022, he served as Minister of the Interior and Public Security of Chile, under the second administration of Sebastián Piñera.

Previously, between 2008 and 2020, he was mayor of the Estación Central commune.

Biography

= Personal life =

Son of Jorge Delgado Toro Mazote and Eliana Mocarquer Mucarquer, he lived his childhood with his family in La Ligua, in the Valparaíso region. His mother is a descendant of Palestinian immigrants living in Chile.

Since October 19, 2014, he has been married to Nicole Nef,{{Cite web|date=2014-10-20|title=Ex chica "Mekano" y alcalde de Estación Central se casaron - Tecache.cl|url=https://tecache.cl/50393/ex-chica-mekano-y-alcalde-de-estacion-central-se-casaron/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Te Caché! - Farándula y Espectáculos desde Chile|language=en}} daughter of former soccer player Adolfo Nef. The couple has 3 children; Mariano and María Gracia (twins){{Cite web|title=Ex "Mekano": La nueva vida como madre de 3 hijos de Nicole Lef|url=https://www.pagina7.cl/notas/tv-y-espectaculos/2015/10/30/ex-mekano-la-nueva-vida-como-madre-de-3-hijos-de-nicole-lef.shtml|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Pagina 7|date=18 October 2014 |language=es}} and a third.

= Studies and professional career =

He attended high school at the Arab School of Santiago, and studied psychology at Andrés Bello National University, graduating as a psychologist in 1999.{{Cite web|last=pauta|title=Sicólogo, alcalde y a favor del Apruebo: así es el nuevo ministro del Interior, Rodrigo Delgado|url=https://www.pauta.cl/politica/sicologo-alcalde-apruebo-asi-es-nuevo-ministro-del-interior-rodrigo-delgado|access-date=2021-07-15|website=pauta|date=4 November 2020 |language=es-CL}} He also has certifications in Corporate Social Responsibility from the University of Chile, and certifications in Excellence in Municipal Services and Management of Local Governments from the University for Development (UDD).

He practiced psychology at the Option Youth Center of Cerro Navia. Later he worked at the Lampa Youth Center.{{Cite web|title=Gob.cl - Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública|url=https://www.gob.cl/ministerios/ministerio-del-interior-y-seguridad-publica/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Gobierno de Chile|language=es}}

In 2000 he became director of Community Development of the Municipality of Estacion Central, under mayor Gustavo Hasbún, where he remained for eight years.{{Cite web|date=2015-01-19|title=Alcalde {{!}} Municipalidad de Estación Central|url=https://municipalidadestacioncentral.cl/alcalde/|access-date=2021-07-15|language=es-CL}}{{Cite web|last=Alejandra Jara|date=2020-11-04|title=Un alcalde al Ministerio de Interior: la trayectoria política de Rodrigo Delgado, el nuevo jefe de gabinete de Piñera|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/un-alcalde-al-ministerio-de-interior-la-trayectoria-politica-de-rodrigo-delgado-el-nuevo-jefe-de-gabinete-de-pinera/QXC7DTJNZREGXN2IDCVZTPXQWU/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=La Tercera}}

Political career

He was elected mayor of Estación Central, part of Greater Santiago, in the 2008 municipal elections for the 2008–2012 period. He was reelected in the municipal elections of 2012 and 2016, serving three terms in total, for which he was unable to seek reelection for a fourth term after the entry into force of Law 21,238.{{Cite web|last=S.A.P|first=El Mercurio|date=2020-10-01|title=Alcalde Rodrigo Delgado: "El cargo de gobernador regional sería un lindo desafío" {{!}} Emol.com|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2020/10/01/999499/Alcalde-Delgado-atractivo-cargo-gobernador.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Emol|language=Spanish}} Since 2019 he was vice president of the Chilean Association of Municipalities (AMUCh), and in April 2020, he became president of the association, succeeding José Miguel Arellano, mayor of Padre Hurtado.

On November 4, 2020, he resigned as mayor of Estación Central,{{Cite web|date=2020-11-04|title=Rodrigo Delgado renuncia a la alcaldía de Estación Central para asumir como ministro del Interior|url=https://www.24horas.cl/nacional/rodrigo-delgado-renuncia-a-la-alcaldia-de-estacion-central-para-asumir-como-ministro-del-interior-4517602|access-date=2021-07-15|website=24Horas.cl|language=es}} so he could become the Minister of the Interior and Public Security in the second government of President Sebastián Piñera, after the resignation of Víctor Pérez Varela from that position the day before.{{Cite web|last=Alejandra Jara y Paula Catena|date=2020-11-04|title=Piñera opta por Rodrigo Delgado como cuarto ministro del Interior de su gobierno|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/pinera-opta-por-rodrigo-delgado-como-cuarto-ministro-del-interior-de-su-gobierno/D6B4SZSAHRCQXBTNOF4DXAA3JQ/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=La Tercera}}

At the end of 2020, he was invited by the Ministry of Health (Minsal) to join the COVID-19 task force.{{Cite web|title=Gob.cl - Mesa Social Covid19|url=https://www.gob.cl/mesasocialcovid19/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=Gobierno de Chile|language=es}}

Controversies

During his tenure, the Municipality of Estación Central granted building permits to the real estate company Placilla SpA, which were declared illegal by the Constitutional Court, since they contravene the regulations of the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism that make "continuous building" impossible in an area that has no height limit.{{Cite web|title=Tribunal Constitucional declara ilegales guetos verticales de Estación Central « Diario y Radio U Chile|url=https://radio.uchile.cl/2019/08/14/tribunal-constitucional-resuelve-declarar-ilegales-guetos-verticales-de-estacion-central/|access-date=2021-07-15|language=es-ES}}

Election history

= Municipal elections of 2008 =

2008 municipal elections for mayor of Estacion Central[http://ww2.servel.cl/SitioHistorico/index2008_alca.htm elecciones.gov.cl] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530220739/http://ww2.servel.cl/SitioHistorico/index2008_alca.htm}} Votación candidatos por comuna, Alcaldes 2008

class="wikitable sortable"

!Candidate

!Coalition

!Political party

!Votes

!Outcome

Guillermo Flores Contreras

|Por un Chile Limpio

|ILA - Independent

|6734

|11.40

Nestor Santander Moreno

|Concertacion Democratica

|PDC - Christian Democratic Party (Chile)

|12 343

|20.90

Hugo Gutierrez Galvez

|Juntos Podemos Mas

|PC - Communist Party of Chile

|18 567

|31.44

Rodrigo Delgado Mocarquer

|Alianza por Chile

|UDI - Independent Democratic Union

|21 404

|36.25

|Mayor

= 2012 municipal elections =

2012 municipal elections for mayor of Estacion Central[http://ww2.servel.cl/EleccionesMunicipalesWEB/alcaldes_codigoPadre=30131&codigoSeleccion=4104&tipoConsulta=COMUNA&breadCrumb= &atras=false&tabIndex=0.html] Votación candidatos por comuna, Alcaldes 2012

class="wikitable sortable"

!Candidate

!Coalition

!Political party

!Votes

!Outcome

René Osorio Serrano

|Regionalistas e Independientes

|PRI - Independent Regionalist Party

|1948

|4.08

Camilo Ballesteros Briones

|Por un Chile Justo

|PC - Communist Party of Chile

|21 548

|45.21

Rodrigo Delgado Mocarquer

|Coalicion

|UDI - Independent Democratic Union

|22 170

|46.51

|Mayor

= 2016 municipal elections =

2016 municipal elections for mayor of Estacion Central[http://www.servelelecciones.cl Servelelecciones.cl] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025162111/http://www.servelelecciones.cl/}} Votación candidatos por comuna, Alcaldes 2016

class="wikitable sortable"

!Candidate

!Coalition

!Political party

!Votes

!Outcome

Angelica Cid Venegas

|Nueva Mayoria

|PS - Socialist Party of Chile

|12 400

|39.08

Rodrigo Delgado Mocarquer