Government appoints ten new regional seremis of Sport in Chile

The Ministry of Sport appointed ten new regional ministerial secretaries of Sport in an equal number of regions, through supreme decrees published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 (Edition No. 44,561, Section I). The decrees bear the signatures of the President of the Republic, José Antonio Kast Rist, and the Minister of Sport, Natalia Duco Soler, and appear under the official references CVE 2874654, CVE 2874664, CVE 2874676, CVE 2874680, CVE 2874702, CVE 2874704, CVE 2874736, CVE 2874738, CVE 2874744, and CVE 2874753.

The appointments are issued under Article 3, third paragraph, of Law No. 20,686, which creates the Ministry of Sport and establishes that in each region of the country, with the exception of the Metropolitan Region, there shall be a Regional Ministerial Secretariat of Sport headed by a regional ministerial secretary, who is the representative of the ministry in the region and a direct collaborator of the Regional Presidential Delegate.

The positions are of the exclusive trust of the President of the Republic and are filled from among the persons included in a shortlist prepared by the respective Regional Presidential Delegate, after consulting the minister of the sector, pursuant to Article 7, letter b), of Decree with Force of Law No. 29, of 2004, of the Ministry of Finance, and Article 62 of Decree with Force of Law No. 1-19,175, of 2005, of the Ministry of the Interior. All decrees invoke Supreme Decree No. NC-5/2026, of March 11, 2026, of the Ministry of Sport, which accepted the voluntary resignations that left the positions vacant as of that date, and Law No. 21,796, on the Public Sector Budget for the year 2026.

The new regional secretaries

• Jacques Michel Roux Vidal (ID 16.353.670-6), Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, supreme decree No. NC-00019 (CVE 2874654).
• Gerardo Andrés Segovia Cortés (ID 17.613.664-2), Biobío, supreme decree No. NC-00014 (CVE 2874664).
• Jorge Andrés Ojeda Molina (ID 8.565.904-9), Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, supreme decree No. NC-00013/2026 (CVE 2874676).
• María Francisca Mardones Sepúlveda (ID 13.241.803-9), Maule, supreme decree No. NC-00020 (CVE 2874680).
• Lucy Regina Zuleta Urzúa (ID 10.731.554-3), Antofagasta, supreme decree No. NC-00010/2026 (CVE 2874702).
• Alberto Antonio Labra Pérez (ID 15.008.278-1), Arica and Parinacota, supreme decree No. NC-00011/2026 (CVE 2874704).
• Isis Macarena Martínez Mondaca (ID 14.611.276-5), Atacama, supreme decree No. NC-00012 (CVE 2874736).
• María Isabel Moraga Córdova (ID 15.497.830-5), Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins, supreme decree No. NC-00016 (CVE 2874738).
• Fernando Agustín López Paya (ID 16.610.565-K), Valparaíso, supreme decree No. NC-00018 (CVE 2874744).
• Roberto Andrés Buchhorsts Vargas (ID 13.929.152-2), Los Ríos, supreme decree No. NC-00021 (CVE 2874753).

Assumption dates and remuneration level

The decrees establish staggered start dates between late March and April 2026:

• March 30, 2026: Magallanes, Aysén, Maule, Atacama, and Valparaíso.
• April 1, 2026: Biobío, Arica and Parinacota, and O’Higgins.
• April 6, 2026: Antofagasta.
• April 21, 2026: Los Ríos.

Eight of the positions correspond to grade 5º EUS of the exclusive trust executive staff of the Undersecretariat of Sports, while Biobío and Valparaíso are set at grade 4º EUS. In all cases, it is noted that, for urgent reasons of good service, the appointee must assume office without waiting for the full processing of the decree, and the expenditure is charged to Subtitle 21, Personnel Expenses, of the current 2026 budget of the Undersecretariat of Sports.

Regional shortlists and previous submissions

Each decree details the official letter through which the Regional Presidential Delegate submitted the corresponding shortlist, including confidential letter No. 135 from Magallanes (March 27, 2026), letter No. 6 from Biobío (March 26), letter No. 160 from Aysén (March 26), letter No. 306 from Maule (March 26), letter No. 176 from Antofagasta (April 1), letter No. 155 from Arica and Parinacota (March 26), letter No. 74 from Atacama (March 26), confidential letter No. 152 from O’Higgins (March 26), confidential letter No. 361 from Valparaíso (March 26), and letter No. 323 from Los Ríos (April 16).

The vacancies arose from the voluntary resignations accepted by supreme decree No. NC-5/2026: Alejandro Olate Levet (Magallanes), Gabriel Acuña Vásquez (Biobío), María Eugenia Durán Jara (Aysén), Iván Sepúlveda Sepúlveda (Maule), Janett Guerra Aburto (Antofagasta), Macarena Riveros Oyarzo (Arica and Parinacota), Arling Guzmán Cortés (Atacama), Macarena Chandía Pino (O’Higgins), Leandro Torres Vega (Valparaíso), and René Antio Acuña (Los Ríos).

The decrees were endorsed by Minister Natalia Duco Soler and transcribed by Undersecretary María Paz Ríos Lama, with the formula “Be it noted, recorded, and published.” With these ten appointments, the Executive completes the leadership of the regional ministerial secretariats of Sport, bodies that execute regional sports policy and administer sectoral funds in each territory.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,561, Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Section I (General Norms), pp. 1-2 (official references: CVE 2874654, CVE 2874664, CVE 2874676, CVE 2874680, CVE 2874702, CVE 2874704, CVE 2874736, CVE 2874738, CVE 2874744, and CVE 2874753).