Julio Diego Ibarra Maldonado (born July 15, 1966) is a

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an politician. Ibarra was the

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Cardenal Caro Province Cardenal Caro Province () is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu. Name The province is named after Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez, native of Pichilemu, and ...

since he was appointed by

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on March 16, 2010. He left office on March 12, 2014. Between 2000 and 2004, Ibarra had also worked as Councillor of the commune of

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in the

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Early life

Julio Ibarra was born on July 15, 1966. He is a native of Las Cabras,

Cachapoal Province Cachapoal Province () is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is the city of Rancagua (pop. 214,344). Geography and demography According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (''I ...

, and studied Public Administration, specializing in Finance, in the Instituto Iplacex. Ibarra also studied at the Escuela de

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between 1987 and 1988 in order to become a police officer. From 1990 to 2002, Ibarra was a publicity and textile businessman. Between 2003 and 2010, he worked as co-administrator and backer of the Escuela Particular Diego Thompson in San Ramón,

Political career

Ibarra was elected Councillor of

, a commune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, in 2000 with 5631 (9,46%) from the 59526 total votes, and held the charge until 2004. On March 16, 2010, Julio Ibarra was appointed

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. Ibarra had worked with Piñera during his 2010 presidential campaign as head of campaign operations in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. Ibarra first appeared in public in this role on March 17, along with Intendant of

O'Higgins Region The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region (, ), often shortened to O'Higgins Region (), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is subdivided into three provinces. It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquel ...

Rodrigo Pérez Mackenna, and Eduardo Cornejo Lagos and Marie Jeanne Lyon Amand de Mendieta, the recently appointed Governors of Colchagua and Cachapoal Provinces respectively. Julio Ibarra assumed his position as governor of Cardenal Caro just after a devastating earthquake on February 27 that devastated central Chile, including the province, and another earthquake on March 11, centered in province capital

Pichilemu Pichilemu (, ), originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort cities in Chile, city and communes of Chile, commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region. The commune comprises an urban centre and tw ...

Personal life

Ibarra is married to Carla García. They have one child, named Diego Ignacio Ibarra García (born February 6, 1996).

References

External links

Facebook profile of Julio Ibarra
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibarra, Julio 1966 births Living people People from Cachapoal Province Chilean people of Basque descent National Renewal (Chile) politicians Governors of provinces of Chile Cardenal Caro Province