Gabriel de la Fuente Acuña

Gabriel Ángel de la Fuente Acuña (born 29 November 1959) is a Chilean politician and law graduate. He is a member of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS).

He served as Undersecretary General of the Presidency from October 2016 to August 2017, and as Minister Secretary General of the Presidency from August 2017 to March 2018, during the second administration of Michelle Bachelet. Between 9 and 11 March 2022, he served as acting Undersecretary of the Interior.

Early life and education De la Fuente was born in Providencia, Chile. He is the son of Gabriel Enrique de la Fuente Vega and Gregoria Helia Acuña Parada, a lawyer.

He completed his higher education at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, graduating in law but without taking the oath as an attorney before the Supreme Court of Chile.

He is married and has two children.

Political career De la Fuente is a member of the Socialist Party of Chile. He has served as president of the Center for Social Studies and Promotion Corporation and its Casas del Pueblo. Between 1994 and 1996, he worked as a legislative advisor to the Vice Presidency of the Senate of Chile, and later served as chief of staff to Senator Ricardo Núñez Muñoz until 2010.

In the academic field, he was a member of the board of directors of the University of Atacama between 2008 and 2010. He also served on the Academic Council and as director of the Legislative Advisory Program at Instituto Igualdad.

On 26 October 2016, he was appointed Undersecretary General of the Presidency. He held the position until 31 August 2017, when he was appointed Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, a role he held until 11 March 2018.

In 2018, he participated in the drafting of a constitutional accusation against Supreme Court justices Hugo Dolmestch, Manuel Valderrama, and Carlos Künsemüller, related to their decision to grant parole to individuals convicted of crimes against humanity. The accusation did not succeed in the National Congress.

In February 2022, he was appointed chief of staff of the Undersecretariat of the Interior under the Gabriel Boric administration. On 9 March 2022, he temporarily assumed the role of acting Undersecretary of the Interior due to the legal incompatibility of the designated undersecretary, Manuel Monsalve, who remained in office as a member of the Chamber of Deputies until the presidential inauguration on 11 March 2022.