Luis Cordero Vega

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Undersecretary of the Interior
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 October 2024
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer

Luis Cordero Vega (born 12 August 1972) is a Chilean politician and lawyer currently serving as minister of justice of the administration of President Gabriel Boric.

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He succeeded Marcela Ríos as minister following her resignation in January 2023. [1] [2] Previously, he worked part-time as teacher in the University of Chile and was a regular columnist for La Segunda .

Biography

Family and education

He was born on 12 August 1972 in Santiago, Chile. He is married to Magdalena Atria Barros, who has served as Chile’s ambassador to Germany since 2022. [3]

He completed his higher education in law at Universidad La República, earning a degree in legal sciences in 1996. He later obtained a master’s degree in public law from the University of Chile in 2002, and a PhD in law from the University of Lleida, Spain, in 2005. [4]

Professional career

He has practiced his profession in both the public and private sectors. He participated as coordinator in the reform of Chile’s environmental institutional framework and advised the National Congress on the bill establishing Environmental Courts. He also served on the Financial Supervision Reform Commission of the Ministry of Finance. [4]

At the time of his appointment as minister, Cordero was a partner at the law firm FerradaNehme, where he led the Public Law and Government practice area. [4] In parallel, he has continued to serve as a professor of administrative law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile. [4]

He was a columnist for the newspaper La Segunda until 2022, after which he assumed office as Minister of Justice under the government of President Boric. [4]

Minister of State

On 7 January 2023, President Gabriel Boric announced his appointment as Minister of Justice and Human Rights, following the resignation of Minister Marcela Ríos amid controversy related to presidential pardons connected to the social unrest. [5]

On 27 March 2025, during a national address by President Gabriel Boric, his appointment as Minister of Public Security was announced. He became the first minister to lead this newly created ministry. His assumption of office and official start of duties took place on 1 April 2025. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Presionada por anuncio de acusación constitucional y denuncia por prevaricación: Marcela Ríos sale del Ministerio de Justicia antes de completar 10 meses en el cargo". La Tercera . 7 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Chile's justice minister resigns in face of opposition to protester pardons". The Guardian . 2023-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  3. ↑ "El ministro chileno Luis Cordero no está casado con la hermana del exconstituyente Fernando Atria". Yahoo News. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 ""Me honra sumarme al gabinete": quién es Luis Cordero Vega, el nuevo ministro de Justicia". ADN Radio. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Presidente Boric confirma renuncia de la ministra de Justicia, Marcela Ríos". BioBio Chile. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Luis Cordero asumirá como titular del nuevo Ministerio de Seguridad Pública". La Tercera. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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