Mario Bertolino

Mario Bertolino Rendic (born 3 February 1954) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Early life and family Bertolino was born on 3 February 1954 in La Serena. He is the son of Mario Bertolino Dinamarca and Katty Rendic Kartulovic.

He married Ana María Cooper and is the father of Mario, Felipe, and Florencia.

Professional career He completed his primary and secondary education at the Colegio Inglés Católico of La Serena. He also studied at the Escuela Militar Bernardo O'Higgins in Santiago and abroad at the Liceo Español de Madrid in Spain. In 1973, he entered the Complutense University of Madrid, and the following year returned to Chile to enroll at the University of Chile, where he qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1981.

In 1981, he joined Sociedad Comercial El Tattersall S.A. as an office agent in La Serena. The following year, he was transferred to La Unión and became the company’s representative at the Río Bueno Livestock Fair. At the same time, he worked as an auctioneer at the livestock fairs of Río Bueno and Osorno.

In 1985, he returned to La Serena to establish his own company, Agrícola Porvenir Ltda., serving as managing partner in real estate brokerage and as a public auctioneer. The following year, he was elected director of the Sociedad Agrícola del Norte, the Bellavista Canal Users Association, and Club de Deportes La Serena.

In 1988, he joined the organizing committee of the Feria Internacional de Peñuelas (FINOR 88).

Political career In 1986, he began his political activities by joining the National Labour Front. He later became a member and co-founder of National Renewal (RN). In 1987, he assumed the position of communal president of his party in La Serena, a role he held until 1996.

In the 1997 parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy for District No. 7 (Coquimbo Region) representing National Renewal. He was re-elected in 2001, 2005, and 2009.

During the second round of the 2010 presidential election, he served as territorial coordinator for the campaign of Sebastián Piñera in the Coquimbo Region.

In the November 2013 parliamentary elections, he ran as a candidate for the Senate in Circumscription No. 4 (Coquimbo Region) representing National Renewal, but was not elected.

On 20 June 2018, he assumed the position of Director of the Port of Coquimbo, serving until 1 October 2021.

As of 25 November 2020, he was a member of the Advisory Council on Parliamentary Allowances for the 2018–2022 term.