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. 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.Servel determinó el número de Consejeros Regionales y Concejales para las elecciones de octubre de 2024 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.
Current Regional Council The Regional Council for the 2025–2029 term is composed of:
Province Councilor Party Term Cachapoal I Carlos Schmincke Martínez PRCh Since 6 January 2025 Germán Arenas Sáez FAHe was elected in the 2017 and 2021 elections as an independent on a Democratic Revolution (RD) list. 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
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