Daniel Stingo

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Daniel Stingo
Daniel Stingo 2021.jpg
Stingo in 2021
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 4 July 2022
Occupation Constituent
Profession Lawyer

Daniel Rodrigo Stingo Camus [2] (born 3 November 1965) is a Chilean lawyer who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention. [3] [4] [5]

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In 2021, he was elected as a member of the Constitutional Convention representing the 8th District, achieving the highest vote nationwide with over 111,482 votes (which represented 24.65% of the district vote). [6]

Studies and professional career

Born in Valparaíso, descendant of Italian immigrants. [1] He studied at San Juan Evangelista School, located in the commune of Las Condes. [1]

He pursued higher education at the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), [7] graduating as a lawyer on 3 April 1995. [1]

He practiced law at the firms Aldunate y Cía., Del Río y Cía., Santander y Cía., and Stingo, Correa y Asociados. [1] He also served as an advisor to the Directorate of Highways and the Directorate of Airports of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP). [7]

Media career

Stingo (right) alongside Karol Lucero and Daniel Fuenzalida at the 2014 Teleton. Ministro Elizalde asiste a la Ceremonia Inaugural de la Teleton (15720938079).jpg
Stingo (right) alongside Karol Lucero and Daniel Fuenzalida at the 2014 Teletón.

His first television appearance was in 1996, during the launch of a new mayonnaise brand called Click. [8]

In 2005, he made his television debut as a panelist on the morning show Buenos días a todos . Two years later, in 2007, he served as a judge on the TV program Tribunal oral, broadcast by Canal 13. In 2010, he returned as a panelist, this time on the morning show Viva la mañana on the same network. Between 2014 and 2018, he was a panelist on the morning show Mucho gusto on Mega. [9]

After being dismissed from the channel, Stingo filed a labor lawsuit against Mega, which was upheld by the Court of Appeals of Santiago. [10] However, the decision was overturned by the Supreme Court in January 2022. [11]

In 2018, he joined Muy buenos días (later renamed Buenos días a todos ) on TVN, where he gained notoriety for his commentary during the social unrest that began in October 2019. He was dismissed from TVN in November 2019 following a program restructuring. [12]

That same month, together with Alejandra Valle and Mauricio Jürgensen, he launched the program El matinal de los que sobran, initially broadcast as a videocast by the newspaper El Desconcierto and later renamed La voz de los que sobran, which has been broadcast simultaneously by Radio Usach and Santiago TV since 2020. [13]

Political career

During his university years, he was a member of the Christian Democratic Party and served as a council member of the Federation of Students of the Catholic University of Chile (FEUC). He was a classmate of Patricio Zapata Larraín (DC) and Rodrigo Álvarez Zenteno (UDI). [1]

He ran as a member of Democratic Revolution (RD) for the 2021 Constitutional Convention elections, representing the 8th District (comprising the communes of Estación Central, Lampa, Cerrillos, Colina, Pudahuel, Maipú, Tiltil, and Quilicura). In the election, he obtained the highest national majority, [14] receiving 111,482 votes, equivalent to 24.65% of the district. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lo que hay que saber de Daniel Stingo, el constituyente más votado del país y su controvertido estilo; Pedro Schwarze". www.ex-ante.cl. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. "Constituyente electo; Daniel Rodrigo Stingo Camus - YQ-32". La Tercera . Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. "Daniel Stingo logró, con un 24% del distrito 8, la votación más alta a nivel nacional". Canal 13. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. "Daniel Stingo obtuvo la mayor votación de constituyentes en todo Chile". Radio Cooperativa. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. "Daniel Stingo, el constituyente más votado: "Nosotros vamos a poner los grandes temas (…) Aquí no ganó la derecha"". El Mostrador. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. "Stingo, first majority in the Constituent: "I conceive politics as something collective, not personalistic... I'm not interested in being president of the Convention"". La Tercera. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Daniel Stingo Lawyer │ Official Site" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. "Hidden side: Daniel Stingo starred in a dramatic 1996 commercial | Muy buenos días".
  9. "Why did Daniel Stingo leave the morning show Mucho Gusto?". Glamorama. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. "Daniel Stingo won a million-peso labor lawsuit against Mega". Cooperativa. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. "Daniel Stingo loses Supreme Court labor case against Mega". Biobio Chile. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  12. "Daniel Stingo and his departure from TVN's morning show: "They couldn't change my conditions, because now they need voices that express opinions, that question"". La Tercera (in Spanish). 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  13. ""La Voz de los que Sobran" anniversary: Morning show by Alejandra Valle, Daniel Stingo, and Mauricio Jürgensen celebrates one year". Fotech.cl (in Spanish). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. "Daniel Stingo became the constituent with the highest national majority". La Nación (in Spanish). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. Emol.com, Team. "Results of the 2021 Constitutional Convention, Municipal, and Governor Elections". www.emol.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.