Álvaro Bellolio

Álvaro Bellolio
Álvaro Bellolio in 2021
Regional Councilor of Santiago Metropolitan Region
Assumed office
December 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
ConstituencySantiago IV
National Director of the National Migration Service
In office
28 May 2021 – 11 March 2022
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byCreation of the office
Succeeded byLuis Thayer Correa
Personal details
Born
PartyIndependent Democratic Union
Parent(s)Jaime Bellolio Rodríguez
Margarita Avaria
RelativesJaime Bellolio (brother)
Alma mater
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Álvaro Bellolio Avaria is a Chilean industrial engineer and politician. Since 6 December 2024, he has served as a regional councilor for the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

From 28 May 2021 to 11 March 2022 he was National Director of the National Migration Service (SERMIG) during the second government of Sebastián Piñera. Previously, between 2018 and 2021, he headed the Departamento de Extranjería y Migración (DEM) of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security.

Bellolio contributes opinion columns to outlets such as Nuevo Poder and El Líbero, on topics including electoral participation of foreign residents and foreign policy risks.