Rodrigo Mundaca | |
Birth Date: | 1961 5, df=y |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Office: | Governor of Valparaíso Region |
Term Start: | 14 July 2021 |
Predecessor: | Office created |
Party: | Independent |
Alma Mater: | University of Matanzas |
Profession: | Agricultural engineering |
Spouse: | Verónica Vilches |
Otherparty: | Broad Front |
Rodrigo Eduardo Alexis Mundaca Cabrera (born 13 May 1961) is a Chilean politician, agricultural engineer and environmental activist. He is the Governor of the Valparaíso Region since July 14, 2021.[1]
Mundaca has been director and spokesperson of the environmental organization Modatima.[2] In 2017 he and his partner Verónica Vilches claim to have received death threats for their activism against unfair water extraction by landowners.[3]
In 2019 he won the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award.