The Regional Council of the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region (Spanish: Consejo Regional de la Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), commonly known as CORE Magallanes, is the regional council of the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region in Chile. It serves as the normative, decision-making, and oversight body within the Regional Government and is responsible for ensuring citizen participation in regional public administration and exercising the powers conferred upon it by the relevant organic constitutional law.
The council is composed of 14 regional councillors elected by popular vote for four-year terms, with the possibility of up to two re-elections. Territorial representation is organized into provincial constituencies corresponding to Magallanes Province, Última Esperanza Province, Tierra del Fuego and Antártica Chilena Province. 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 of the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region for the 2025–2029 term is composed of the following councillors:
Constituency Councillor Party Term Magallanes Rodolfo Arecheta Baleta Evolución Política Since 6 January 2025 Nano Soto Muñoz National Renewal Since 6 January 2025 Robert Weissohm Heck Republican Party Since 6 January 2025 Juan Morano Cornejo Christian Democratic Party (Chile) Since 6 January 2025 Arturo Díaz Valderrama Broad Front Since 6 January 2025 Antonio Bradasic Sillard Socialist Party of Chile Since 11 March 2018 Roxana Gallardo Concha Independent – Independent Democratic Union Since 11 March 2018 Última Esperanza Ximena Montaña Velásquez Independent – Broad Front Since 11 March 2022 Max Salas Illanes Independent – National Renewal Since 6 January 2025 Patricio Gamin Bustamante Christian Democratic Party (Chile) Since 11 March 2022 Tierra del Fuego Rodolfo Cárdenas Alvarado Radical Party of Chile Since 11 March 2022 Andrés López España Party for Democracy Since 11 March 2022 Antártica Chilena José Paredes Soto National Renewal Since 6 January 2025 Víctor Pérez Santana Independent – Christian Democratic Party (Chile) Since 11 March 2022
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