Mario Desbordes

Born in 1968, Desbordes spent part of his childhood in Los Andes, his native town. Then, he moved to Santiago, Chile's capital city, where he lived in La Cisterna commune until 1986. He completed his elementary school education at E–556 public school of that commune, and finished the high school at A–109 Lycée in El Bosque commune. ==Political career==

the decree which names him Minister of Defense of Chile in July 2020. In 2000, he joined the party National Renewal. In 2010, Desbordes became RN's General Secretary after a caretaker period of Cecilia Pérez, who replaced him until he finished his services as Undersecretary of Invesgation On 12 March 2020, it was reported by Interferencia newspaper that Desbordes received threats from libertarian far-right leader Sebastián Izquierdo, who called him as a «coward rightist». On 28 July 2020, he resigned to his charge of deputy after accepting the proposal of the President Piñera about appointing him as Minister of Defense of Chile. On 23 January 2021, he was proclaimed by his party as candidate for the primaries presidential elections of the coalition. On 18 July, he was defeated after finishing in the last place (fourth) behind Ignacio Briones (Evópoli), Joaquín Lavín (UDI) and Sebastián Sichel (Independent). In March 2026, he resigned from his membership in National Renewal due to differences with the party leadership. ==Political thought==

He has declared being a social christian. Similarly, he has as his references to Angela Merkel or the Spanish Popular Party politics. On more than one occasion he has been critical to the subsidiary positions from allies or key leaders of the party Independent Democratic Union (UDI), like ―for example― the independent economist Cristián Larroulet or the senator van Rysselberghe (UDI). According to French sociologist Stéphanie Alenda, the reason of these frictions have relation with the «solidarity» endorsed by Desbordes' social right. These differences have stirred up criticism from politicians of his own party like Carlos Larraín and Andrés Allamand, both from RN's conservative factions which have opined that Desbordes would leading to the party towards left-wing politics and 2) his coincidence with positions of the Humanist Party respect to the retirement of AFP's 10% funds. who ―however― doesn't recognize himself as Desbordes' theoretician. ==Personal life==

He is fan of Colo-Colo,{{cite news|url=https://www.publimetro.cl/cl/home/2021/02/17/colo-colo-politicos-descenso.html ==References==