Governor of Cardenal Caro


The Governor of Cardenal Caro Province is the appointed head of government of the provincial government in Cardenal Caro Province, Chile. The governor is designated by the President.
The current Governor of Cardenal Caro Province is Carlos Ortega Bahamondes, who was appointed on March 11, 2018 by President Sebastián Piñera Echenique, and took office on that day.

History

The history of the province began when, on July 13, 1973, President Salvador Allende decreed the creation of the Cardenal Caro Department, which would become a province on October 3, 1979, as General Augusto Pinochet decreed its creation under the name of Cardenal Caro, in honour of José María Caro Rodríguez, the first Roman Catholic Church Cardinal, who was born in Ciruelos near the province's capital city, Pichilemu. The communes of Litueche, La Estrella, Marchihue, Paredones, and Pichilemu, originally from Colchagua Province; and Navidad, originally from San Antonio Province, formed the province. The first governor of Cardenal Caro was Marcelo Nogueira Hidalgo, who held the office from 1979 until 1990.

List of governors

#NameTook OfficeLeft Office
1Marcelo Nogueira Hidalgo19791990
2Hernán Vieira Herrera19901994
3Rolando Cárdenas Ibarra19942000
4Cristián Oyarzún Estay20002002
5José Saúl Bravo Gallegos20022004
6Fabricio Jiménez Mardones20042006
7Hernán San Martín Valdés20062007
8Loreto Puebla Muñoz200911 March 2010
9Julio Diego Ibarra Maldonado16 March 201012 March 2014
10Teresa Núñez Cornejo12 March 201411 March 2018
11Carlos Ortega Bahamondes11 March 2018Incumbent