Regional Council of O'Higgins
| Consejo Regional de la Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | |
Coat of arms of the O'Higgins Region | |
| Regional legislative body overview | |
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| Formed | 1993 |
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| Jurisdiction | O'Higgins Region, Chile |
| Headquarters | Rancagua, Chile |
| Minister responsible |
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| Parent Regional legislative body | Regional Government of O'Higgins |
The Regional Council of the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region (Spanish: Consejo Regional de la Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins), commonly known as CORE O'Higgins, is the regional council of the O'Higgins Region in Chile. It serves as the normative, decision-making, and oversight body within the scope of the Regional Government of O'Higgins and is responsible for ensuring citizen participation at the regional level and exercising the powers conferred upon it by the relevant organic constitutional law.[1] Its headquarters are located in the city of Rancagua.
The council is composed of 20 councillors elected by direct universal suffrage from the region's three provinces: 13 from Cachapoal Province, 5 from Colchagua Province, and 2 from Cardenal Caro Province.[2] Councillors serve four-year terms and may be re-elected. Until 2021, the council elected a president from among its members by absolute majority; following a constitutional reform enacted in 2020, the presidency of the regional council is held by law by the Regional Governor.[3]
Current Regional Council
The Regional Council for the 2025–2029 term is composed of:[4][5]
| Province | Councilor | Party | Term | |
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| Cachapoal I | Carlos Schmincke Martínez | PRCh | Since 6 January 2025 | |
| Germán Arenas Sáez | FA[6] | Since 11 March 2018 | ||
| Juan Carlos Mackay Jarpa | PRCh | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Mauricio Valderrama Álvarez | PS | Since 11 March 2022 | ||
| Pedro Hernández Garrido | UDI | Since 11 March 2022 | ||
| Cachapoal II | Álex Ramírez Ortíz | PPD | Since 11 March 2022 | |
| Deysi Navarro Padilla | Ind.- UDI | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Jacqueline Jorquera Reinoso | PS | Since 11 March 2018 | ||
| Lucía Muñoz Sandoval | RN | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Manuel Morales Burgos | PRCh | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Miguel Ángel Riveros Landaeta | PDC | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Pedro Bustamante Donoso | PRCh | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Rosa Zacconi Quiroz | Demócratas | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Colchagua | Alejandro Díaz Correa | Ind.- FREVS | Since 6 January 2025 | |
| Edgardo Vargas Bolbarán | PRCh | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Gerardo Contreras Jorquera | RN | Since 11 March 2018 | ||
| María Margarita Henríquez González | PS | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Sebastián Rocha Medina | UDI | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
| Cardenal Caro | Jorge Vargas González | UDI | Since 11 March 2018 | |
| José Ignacio González Pino | UDI | Since 6 January 2025 | ||
References
- ^ "Organic Constitutional Law on Government and Regional Administration". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile.
- ^ Servel determinó el número de Consejeros Regionales y Concejales para las elecciones de octubre de 2024
- ^ "Law on regional government leadership". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile.
- ^ "Election Results". El Mercurio. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
- ^ "Governor and new Regional Council of O'Higgins assume term of office until January 2029". Radio Santa Cruz (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ He was elected in the 2017 and 2021 elections as an independent on a Democratic Revolution (RD) list.