Nicolás Cataldo Astorga (born 22 June 1984)[1] is a Chilean politician who has been serving as Minister of Education since 16 August 2023.

[2] Previously, he served as the Undersecretary of Regional Development and Education between 2022 and 2023.

Cataldo studied pedagogy in history and social sciences at the University of Valparaíso.

[5] In February 2022, he was appointed by the then president-elect Gabriel Boric, as the Undersecretary of Education, being the first member of the Communist Party of Chile in the position.

[3] On September 6, he was going to be appointed as the new Undersecretary of the Interior to replace Manuel Monsalve, however, some controversial tweets by Cataldo against the Carabineros de Chile went viral.