Early life and family
He was born on 1 April 1953. [2]
He is married and the father of two children. [2]
Between 1960 and 1961,he completed his primary and secondary education at Liceo Concepción. [2] He later continued his studies in Santiago at Liceo Amunátegui and Liceo No. 7 de Hombres de Ñuñoa,graduating in 1970. [2] He entered the University of Chile,where he studied Pedagogy in History and Geography and later obtained a Licentiate in Sociology. [2] He subsequently completed postgraduate studies in Development Sciences at the Instituto Latinoamericano de Doctrinas y Estudios Sociales (ILADES). [2]
He has worked at Editorial Aconcagua,the Fundación para la Acción Vecinal y Comunitaria (AVEC),the Cooperativa Abierta de Vivienda Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez,and the Corporación Municipal de La Florida. [2] He served as president of the board of the Instituto Profesional Carlos Casanueva;member of the Advisory Committee of Local Authorities of UN-Habitat;director of the Programa de Gestión y Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional y Local (CEGADES);and head of the Advisory Committee to the Minister of Housing,Urbanism and National Assets. [2] During the administration of President Ricardo Lagos,he served as national director of the Chile Barrio program. [2]
Political career
In 1990,he was appointed mayor of La Florida by President Patricio Aylwin,and was subsequently elected to the position in 1992 and 1996. [2] While serving as mayor,he was president of the Chilean Association of Municipalities;vice president of the World Federation of United Cities (FMCU);president of the Latin American Chapter of the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA);and president of the Latin American Federation of Municipal Associations (FLACMA). [2] In 2000,he ran for re-election as mayor but was not elected;he was elected councilor of the same commune but later resigned. [2]
In December 2005,he was elected deputy for the Metropolitan Region,District No. 26 (La Florida),for the 2006–2010 legislative period. [2] He served on the Permanent Commissions on Housing and Urban Development;and on Interior Government,Regionalization,Planning and Social Development. [2] He was also a member of the Special Commissions on Public Security and on Drugs,as well as investigative commissions on Casinos and on Irregularities in the State Railways. [2] He belonged to the Chilean–German,Chilean–Argentine,Chilean–Chinese,Chilean–Spanish,Chilean–Dutch,and Chilean–Peruvian interparliamentary groups. [2]
On official visits,he joined President Michelle Bachelet on trips to Finland and Switzerland,and visited Italy and France at the invitation of the presidents of their respective chambers of deputies. [2]
In December 2009,he ran as a candidate for deputy for District No. 25 but was not elected. [2]
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