Álvaro García Hurtado

Álvaro García Hurtado
Minister of Energy
In office
16 October 2025 – 11 March 2026
PresidentGabriel Boric
Preceded byDiego Pardow
Succeeded byXimena Rincón
Minister of Economy, Development, and Tourism
In office
21 August 2025 – 11 March 2026
PresidentGabriel Boric
Preceded byNicolás Grau
Succeeded byDaniel Mas
In office
5 January 1998 – 1 August 1998
PresidentEduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle
Preceded byAlejandro Jadresic
Succeeded byJorge Leiva Lavalle
Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency
In office
11 March 2000 – 7 January 2002
PresidentRicardo Lagos
Preceded byJosé Miguel Insulza
Succeeded byMario Fernández Baeza
Personal details
Born (1954-03-22) 22 March 1954
PartyPopular Unitary Action Movement
Party for Democracy
SpouseCecilia Dellacasa
ChildrenFour
EducationSaint George's College, Santiago
Alma mater
ProfessionEconomist
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Álvaro Desiderio García Hurtado (born 22 March 1954) is a Chilean politician who has served as minister. From 2025 to 2026, he has been the Minister of Minister of Economy and the Minister of Energy of his country.

Between 2025 and 2026, he served as Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, and from 16 October of the same year also as Minister of Energy, simultaneously holding both portfolios as a bi-minister of state under the administration of Gabriel Boric.

Previously, he served as Undersecretary of Planning and Cooperation (1990–1993), Minister of Economy (1994–1998), president minister of the National Energy Commission (1998), and Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency in successive governments of the Concertación coalition led by Patricio Aylwin, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and Ricardo Lagos.