Daniel Jadue

Óscar Daniel Jadue Jadue (born 28 June 1967) is a Chilean architect, sociologist and Marxist politician. A member of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh), Jadue served as Mayor of Recoleta since 2012 until his dismissal on July 22, 2024. A Chilean of Palestinian Christian descent, Jadue originally became involved in politics as a Palestinian independence activist. From 1987 to 1991, Jadue served as president of General Union of Palestinian Students. During his career, Jadue has worked as a commercial architect, policy advisor, and scholar. After multiple unsuccessful attempts to achieve elected office, Jadue was elected to govern Recoleta, a commune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, in 2012. In this capacity, he has presided over the creation of "people's pharmacies", a series of municipal-run drugstores to provide patients with affordable medication. Jadue was a candidate in the presidential primaries for Apruebo Dignidad, in which he was defeated by Gabriel Boric. On 3 June 2024, Judge Paulina Moya Jiménez ordered the preventive detention of Jadue in connection with a criminal complaint filed by businessman Álvaro Castro, owner of Best Quality Products SpA. The complaint, directed against the Asociación Chilena de Farmacias Populares (Achifarp) and Jadue in his capacity as mayor of Recoleta, alleged a multimillion‑peso debt arising from the 2020 sale of N95 masks, gloves, and thermometers to Achifarp. On 2 September 2024, the Tercer Juzgado de Garantía revoked the preventive detention measure, citing recommendations from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, according to Judge Paula Brito. After 91 days in custody at the Anexo Capitán Yáber facility, Jadue was released and placed under house arrest for the remainder of the investigation.