Ricardo Cifuentes

Ricardo Óscar Cifuentes Lillo (San Javier de Loncomilla, September 12, 1962) is a Chilean professor and politician. He was undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development of Chile between 2014 and 2018. Since July 24, 2023, he has served as president of the Chamber of Deputies.[1]

Ricardo Cifuentes
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Assumed office
24 July 2023
Preceded byVlado Mirosevic
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Assumed office
11 March 2023
Preceded byCreation of the circunscription
Constituency5th Circunscription (Coquimbo Region)
Minister of the Interior and Public Security
In office
11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byMiguel Flores Vargas
Succeeded byFelipe Salaberry
Personal details
Born (1962-09-12) 12 September 1962
San Javier, Chile
Political partyChristian Democratic Party
SpouseAlexcia Vergara
ChildrenThree
Alma materUniversity of La Serena
OccupationPolitician, Historiador

Education

He completed his secondary education at the Gregorio Cordovez High School. He has a degree in History and Geography from the University of La Serena and has a diploma in Political Science.

Family

His parents are Juan Isidro Cifuentes and Margarita del Carmen Lillo Fuentealba. He has five brothers, two of them pursued a political career. Hugo Enrique (Superintendent of Social Security between 1992 and 1994) and Eugenia de Las Marías (Management Advisor of the Gabriel González Videla Municipal Corporation of La Serena).[2]

Ricardo Cifuentes is the brother-in-law of the mayor of Vicuña, Rafael Vera Castillo.[3][4]

His daughter, Andrea Cifuentes Vergara, a psychologist by profession. She has held positions in the Municipality of La Serena, currently she is regional secretary of the National Clean Production Council.[5]

Career

In 1993 he joined the Planning Seremia of the Coquimbo Region as part of the cabinet of Mayor Renán Fuentealba, a position he held until 2000.[6]

In 2001 he participated in the parliamentary elections as a candidate for Deputy for district No. 7, which groups the communes of Andacollo, La Higuera, La Serena, Paihuano and Vicuñano, but was not elected.

That same year he was appointed director of the company ESSCO (Health Services Company of the Coquimbo Region), the board of directors was chaired by former mayor Renán Fuentealba Moena.[7][8] He remained in office until 2005, when the company was granted a 30-year concession to Aguas del Valle.

In 2005 he participated again in the parliamentary elections as a candidate for Deputy for district No. 7, which groups the communes of Andacollo, La Higuera, La Serena, Paihuano and Vicuña, but was not elected.

In 2006, he was appointed by President Michelle Bachelet as Mayor of the Coquimbo Region between March 11, 2006, and March 11, 2010, the date on which he handed over the position to Sergio Gahona.

In 2010 he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Pedro de Valdivia University, La Serena headquarters, until 2013 when he resigned when the establishment was investigated for problems with its accreditation.[6][9]

On January 28, 2014, he was appointed Undersecretary of Regional Development by President-elect Michelle Bachelet. He took office on March 11 of that year and resigned in March 2018.[10]

In September 2018, he was appointed director of National Television of Chile, a position with a duration of eight years.[11]

References
  1. Cooperativa.cl. "El DC Ricardo Cifuentes fue elegido como el nuevo presidente de la Cámara de Diputados". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  2. "Posesiones Efectivas, Extracto N° 71 Año 2016" (PDF). Cooperativa.cl.
  3. "Alcaldes afirman que buena gestión justifica la amplia entrega de recursos por la Subdere". El Dia. 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  4. "Ricardo Cifuentes (DC): El Subsecretario candidato y las platas a los municipios - El Muro". 2018-02-01. Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  5. "Andrea Cifuentes asume como secretaria regional del Consejo Nacional de Producción Limpia". La Voz del Norte (in Spanish). 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  6. "Renuncia Vicerrector de la Universidad Pedro de Valdivia". www.diariolaregion.cl. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  7. "ESTADOS FINANCIEROS INDIVIDUALES RESUMIDOS". Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros de Chile. 2004-03-17. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  8. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  9. "Las redes de los nuevos subsecretarios de Michelle Bachelet". La Tercera. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  10. "Presidenta Electa designó a su gabinete de Subsecretarios y Subsecretarias - Michelle Bachelet". 2014-02-02. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  11. "Vergara, Delpiano y Cifuentes son los nuevos directores de TVN". El Cachapoal. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
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