Enrique Bassaletti

Enrique Bassaletti Riess is a Chilean military officer and politician. He served as chief of Carabineros de Chile, from 2018 to 2021.
In March 2018, Bassaletti was promoted to General and took on the role of Chief of the Eastern Metropolitan Zone, coordinating public order operations in the capital Santiago. After retiring from Carabineros in 2021, he continued working in public security, but also involved in politics. In 2024 ran as a mayoral candidate for Maipú with his party, though he lost to Tomás Vodanovic.
He has also served as Director of Security for the Municipality of La Reina, contributing to community prevention plans, surveillance strategies, and civic engagement efforts to enhance local safety.

Biography

In March 2018, he was promoted to the rank of General. He later took on the role of Chief of the Eastern Metropolitan Zone, one of the most important operational positions within Carabineros' territorial structure, from which he coordinated public order operations and preventive patrolling across various municipalities in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
After concluding his career in Carabineros in October 2021, Bassaletti remained active in the field of public security, being contracted by the municipality of La Reina.
In 2024, he transitioned into political activity. That year, he began appearing as a regular panelist on the debate show Sin filtros. Then, he was announced as a candidate for mayor of the Maipú commune, backed by the Republican Party.
In this new role, he has focused his message on issues of security and municipal management. Nevertheless, he was defeated by Tomás Vodanovic, who was re-elected with the 70% of the votes.
In early 2025, José Antonio Kast integrated him to its political staff on security focused in the frontier, where also integrated to General Cristián Vial, from the Chilean Army. That was related to Kast's presidential offer towards the [2025 Chilean people|Chilean general election|2025 general election].