Governor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region

Governor of Santiago Metropolitan Region
Gobernador de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago
Incumbent Claudio Orrego since July 14, 2021
Santiago Metropolitan Region
Appointer	Electorate of Santiago Metropolitan Region
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Claudio Orrego
Formation	July 14, 2021
Website	www.gobiernosantiago.cl

The Governor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region is the authority elected by popular vote through universal suffrage since 2021 to govern the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile.

History

The 2017 constitutional reform ^[1] established the popular election of the executive body of the regional government, creating the position of Regional governor (gobernador regional) and setting up a Delegado presidencialregional (regional presidential delegation), who represents the President of Chile in the region and oversees the regions alongside provincial presidential delegates. ^[2]

The first regional governor elections in Chile were held on May 15 and 16, 2021, with the elected officials assuming their duties on July 14 of the same year. ^[3]

Former minister and intendant Claudio Orrego won the election for the Santiago Metropolitan Region, becoming the first person to hold that position. ^[4] On November 24, 2024, Orrego was reelected for a second term. ^[5]

Governor of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago

Portrait	Governor	Term of office			Party
		Start	End	Duration
	Claudio Orrego	July 14, 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 59 days	PDC (2021–2022) Independent (2022–)

References

1. "Ley 20990: DISPONE LA ELECCIÓN POPULAR DEL ÓRGANO EJECUTIVO DEL GOBIERNO REGIONAL" [Law 20990: PROVIDES FOR THE POPULAR ELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE BODY OF THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT]. Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
2. Montecinos, Egon (December 2020). "Elección de gobernadores regionales en Chile: escenarios de cambio en las relaciones intergubernamentales" [Election of Regional Governors in Chile: Scenarios of Change in Intergovernmental Relations]. Revista de ciencia política (Santiago). 40– via Scielo.
3. Montes, Rocío (2021-06-14). "Chile elige por primera vez democráticamente a sus gobernadores con menos del 20% de participación" [Chile elects its governors democratically for the first time with less than 20% participation]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-09.
4. Larraín, Claudio Orrego (2023-02-15). "Claudio Orrego: "Metropolitan challenges cannot be solved at the national level"". Cities To Be. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
5. "Tomás Vodanovic for the triumph of Claudio Orrego in the RM: "A door closes to violence, to confrontation, to the trench"". Ground News. 2024-11-25. Retrieved 2024-11-25.