Pedro Álvarez-Salamanca Ramírez

Pedro Pablo Álvarez-Salamanca Ramírez (born 18 February 1976) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

In November 2024, he was elected as governor of the Maule Region.

Early life and education Álvarez-Salamanca was born on February 18, 1976, in Talca, Chile. His father was Pedro Pablo Álvarez Salamanca Büchi, who served as a deputy for the former 38th electoral district of the Maule Region. His mother is Luz María Ramírez Sepúlveda, who served as a regional councilor of the Maule Region and as mayor of San Clemente between 2000 and 2004.

He is single.

Álvarez-Salamanca completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio Inglés de Talca, graduating in 1994. At the university level, he pursued studies in Law at the Universidad Mariano Egaña in Santiago.

In addition to his legal background, he is an agricultural entrepreneur and a partner in Sociedad Agrícola La Florida, a company dedicated to viticulture.

Political career In 2000 and 2005, Álvarez-Salamanca served as chief of staff for his father’s parliamentary election campaigns, in which his father was re-elected as deputy for the former 38th electoral district.

He was a member of National Renewal until June 16, 2009. He later joined the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), of which he is currently a member.

He did not seek re-election to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile in the 2021 parliamentary elections. Law No. 21,238 of 2020 established that deputies may be re-elected consecutively for up to two terms.

On July 29, 2024, he registered his candidacy for Governor of the Maule Region representing the Independent Democratic Union. After failing to obtain 40% of the votes in the first round held on October 26–27, 2024 (23.44%), he advanced to the second round held on November 24, 2024. In the runoff election, he was elected governor after obtaining 388,338 votes, equivalent to 51.74% of the valid votes.