Nicolás Cataldo

Nicolás Cataldo Astorga (born 22 June 1984) is a Chilean politician who has been serving as Minister of Education since 16 August 2023. Previously, he served as the Undersecretary of Regional Development and Education between 2022 and 2023.

Family and education He completed his primary education at School E-282 in Viña del Mar, and continued his secondary education at the Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna High School in the same city and at the Liceo Eduardo de la Barra in Valparaíso. He later pursued higher education in pedagogy in history and social sciences at the University of Valparaíso (UV). Subsequently, he completed postgraduate studies and obtained a master's degree in emotional education at Universidad Mayor.

He is married to feminist activist Danae Prado Carmona, who currently serves as a regional councillor for the Santiago Metropolitan Region. Together, they are the parents of two children: Salvador Antonio and Matilde Violeta. However, minutes later, the appointment was not formalized after the disclosure of social media posts he had published on Twitter between 2011 and 2013, in which he criticized the actions of the Carabineros de Chile.

Two days later, Boric implemented changes in six undersecretariats of state, including Education, where he was replaced by fellow Communist Party member Gabriel Bosque. Consequently, he was reassigned within the cabinet as Undersecretary of Regional Development and Administrative Affairs, replacing Miguel Crispi, becoming the first member of the Communist Party to lead that office.