Alejandro Riquelme

Alejandro Gabriel Riquelme Ducci (born 19 January 1974) is a Chilean politician and member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile in the 2025 parliamentary elections, representing the 28th District in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region.

Riquelme previously served as a Regional Councillor for the Magallanes Region. Upon being elected as a deputy, he stated that the role represented one of the greatest challenges of his political life.

Biography He was born in Punta Arenas on January 19, 1974. His parents are Guido Gabriel Tercero Riquelme, an architect, and María Cristina Ducci Torrealba, a teacher.

He completed his primary education at Escuela Bernardo O'Higgins and Liceo San José de Punta Arenas, where he stood out in athletics. After participating in an exchange program in the United States, he completed his secondary education at Colegio Nobelius.

He studied Business Administration at the University of Valparaíso. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Federico Santa Maria Technical University. He also holds two diploma certificates, one in International Trade from the University of Chile and another in Innovation and Public Modernization.

He has worked as a professor and entrepreneurship advisor and has had active participation in business associations. He served as president of the Maritime Chamber of Magallanes for five years and as vice president of CPC Magallanes (2006–2011). He also led SMEs in the region through the Multigremial of Magallanes, composed of more than eight associations.

Political career His first candidacy for public office was in the 2021 regional council elections, where he was elected for the Province of Magallanes in the Magallanes Region, with 1,765 votes (3.57%).

In the 2024 regional elections, he ran as a candidate for Governor of the Magallanes Region, representing the Republican Party, but was not elected, obtaining 22,551 votes (23.52%). He ceased to serve as regional councillor on November 14, 2024, in order to comply with the legal deadline to register his candidacy for the 2025 parliamentary elections.

He ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 28th District of the Magallanes Region in the elections of November 16, 2025, representing the Republican Party within the Cambio por Chile coalition. He was elected with 12,685 votes, equivalent to 12.61% of the total.