Manuel José Ossandón
Manuel José Ossandón Irarrázabal | |
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| Senator of Santiago, president of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Senator of Santiago | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ena von Baer |
| Mayor of Puente Alto | |
| In office 6 December 2000 – 6 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Roubilard |
| Succeeded by | Germán Codina |
| Mayor of Pirque | |
| In office 6 September 1992 – 6 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Hernan Prieto |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Rosales |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1962 Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Political party | Renovación Nacional (2004–2016) |
| Children | Eight (among them, Manuel) |
| Relatives | Ximena Ossandón (sister) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | agricultural technician |
Manuel José Ossandón Irarrázabal, colloquially Cote Ossandón, (born 24 August 1962 in Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso) is an agricultural technician and a senator of Chile for the 7th Senatorial District, for the period 2022–2030. He became president of the Senate on 26 March 2025. He was a member of Chilean center-right party Renovación Nacional (RN), but he renounced it in July 2016.