Daniel Bravo Silva

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Daniel Bravo
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Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 4 July 2022
Occupation Scholar
Profession Lawyer

Daniel Bravo Silva (born 17 April 1982) is a Chilean lawyer, academic, and independent politician. [1]

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He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention from 2021 to 2022, [2] [3] representing the 5th District of the Coquimbo Region, and coordinated the Convention’s Rules and Harmonization commissions. [4] [5]

Early life

Bravo was born on 17 April 1982 in La Serena, Chile. [1] He is the son of Ricardo Bravo Marchant and Carmen Silva Tapia. [1]

Education

He completed his secondary education at Colegio Gerónimo Rendic in La Serena, graduating in 1999. [1] He studied law at the Catholic University of the North, Coquimbo campus, where he earned a degree in Legal and Social Sciences. [1] He was admitted to the Chilean Bar by the Supreme Court on 23 July 2007. [1]

He later obtained a Master’s degree in Civil Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, and completed several postgraduate diplomas in law. [1] He has pursued further graduate studies in Family and Child Law at the University of Barcelona. [1]

Professional career

Bravo has practiced law primarily in civil and family law matters and is a partner at the law firm BS & Asociados. [1] He has served as a partition judge (juez partidor) registered with the Court of Appeals of La Serena for the 2017–2018 and 2019–2020 terms. [1]

He has worked as a lecturer in Civil Law at the Central University of Chile, La Serena campus, since 2016, and previously taught at the School of Law of the Catholic University of the North, Coquimbo campus, between 2007 and 2020. [1]

Political and public activity

Bravo has carried out socio-legal advisory and educational work with neighborhood associations, senior citizens’ clubs, informal settlements in Coquimbo, and migrant communities in La Serena and Coquimbo. [1]

Following the 2019 social unrest, he joined the Movimiento Independientes del Norte (MIN), contributing to the formation of an independent platform for constitutional candidates from northern Chile. [1]

In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, he ran as an independent candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 5th District of the Coquimbo Region, [6] [7] affiliated with the Movimiento Territorial Constituyente within the Lista del Pueblo, with support from the Movimiento Independientes del Norte. [1] He was elected with 11,061 votes, corresponding to 4.91% of the valid votes cast. [1]

During his tenure in the Convention, he served as coordinator of both the Rules Commission and the Harmonization Commission. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Daniel Bravo Silva". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  2. Tapia, Tamara (20 October 2021). "Constituyente Daniel Bravo sobre el comienzo de la redacción: "Está convocada toda la ciudadanía, incluso los adolescentes desde los 16 años"". Radio UC. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  3. "Constituyente Daniel Bravo tras despacho de Reglamento General de la Convención: "Es un hito clave en la historia y devenir del proceso constituyente"". La Serena Online. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. "Los miembros de la convención:Daniel Alejandro Bravo Silva". Emol. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. "Daniel Alejandro Bravo Silva - Movimiento Territorial Constituyente". Movimiento Territorial Constituyente. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  6. "Daniel Bravo, constituyente del D5: "Aspiramos a un sistema tributario mucho más sencillo"". CNN Chile. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. "Docente de Derecho y constituyente del distrito 5 será coordinador de Comisión de Reglamento de la Convención Constitucional". Central University of Chile. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.