Álvaro Luis Delgado Ceretta (born 11 March 1969) is a Uruguayan veterinarian and politician of the National Party (PN), who served as the 18th Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic from 2020 to 2023.

[4] Delgado, along with his younger sister, Adriana, was raised in the neighborhoods of Pocitos and Prado and attended the Sacred Heart School and the John XXIII Institute.

[14] During his tenure in the Senate, he filed a complaint of various "irregular" events in the management of the state-owned company ANCAP between 2005 and 2015,[15] invoking a parliamentary investigative commission.

[24] On December 21, 2023, he resigned from the position of Secretary of the Presidency to carry out his presidential campaign, which was officially launched on March 16, 2024, at a rally held at the Palacio Peñarol in Montevideo.

[30] From August to October, Delgado and Ripoll held weekly press conferences announcing the campaign promises of their party manifesto, together with their respective teams in each area.

[32] Throughout the campaign, Delgado stressed his intention to maintain and strengthen the Coalición Republicana alliance together with the Colorado, Cabildo Abierto and Independent parties for a runoff of the election.

[33] The first-timer in elections Constitutional Environmentalist Party joined the alliance after its leader and candidate Eduardo Lust announced that he would support Delgado for president in a runoff.

[34] On October 22, Delgado and Ripoll held their closing campaign rally in Las Piedras, under the slogan of "ensuring the continuity" of Luis Lacalle Pou's coalition administration.

[38] On November 3, he presented a manifesto with Andrés Ojeda, Guido Manini Ríos, Pablo Mieres and Eduardo Lust—the leaders of the Coalición Republicana parties.

[41] His running mate Valeria Ripoll and the leaders of the Republican Coalition parties also spoke, and singer Lucas Sugo gave a concert.