Luciano Cruz-Coke
Luciano Cruz-Coke | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | 7th Circumscription |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the district |
| Constituency | 10th District |
| Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 6 June 2013 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Paulina Urrutia Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Ampuero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1970 |
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| Spouse | Javiera García-Huidobro |
| Alma mater | Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute Academy of Christian Humanism University University of Chile |
| Occupation | Actor, Politician |
Luciano Cruz-Coke Carvallo (born 1 July 1970) is a Chilean actor and politician, and was the Minister of Arts and Culture under the 35th President Sebastián Piñera.
As a deputy, he was a member of the Commission on Culture and Communications, and of the Commission on Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Regulations; handling legislative initiatives such as the limit on successive reelection of authorities, the creation of the new Child Protection Service, and various enabling mechanisms for the 2020 constitutional plebiscite.
He rose to fame in Chile starting in 1995, when he debuted as an actor in the telenovela Amor a domicilio. In the 1990s and 2000s he played various leading roles, such as in Adrenalina (1996) and Fuera de control (1999). In 2001 he starred in Amores de mercado, where he performed the most-watched scene in the history of Chilean television.