This is the list of the 51 constituents of the 2023 Constitutional Council. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Constituency | Region | Constituent | Name | Political Group | Party | Prior Public Office/Position | Education | Assumed Office | Term Expires |
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I | Arica and Parinacota | Diego Vargas Castillo | – | PRep | No previous public office | University of Tarapacá | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
I | Arica and Parinacota | Jocelyn Ormeño | Democratic Socialism | Ind. PS | No previous office | University of Tarapacá | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
II | Tarapacá | Ninoska Payauna | – | PRep | No previous public office | Universidad del Mar | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
II | Tarapacá | Sebastián Parraguez | – | PRep | No previous public office | Universidad Santo Tomás | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
III | Antofagasta | Carlos Solar | – | PRep | No previous public office | University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
III | Antofagasta | Carmen Montoya | – | PRep | No previous public office | – | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
III | Antofagasta | José Antonio González Pizarro | Frente Amplio | Ind. RD | No previous public office | Catholic University of the North University of Navarra (PhD) | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
IV | Atacama | Marcela Araya | Democratic Socialism | PS | No previous public office | – | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
IV | Atacama | Paul Sfeir | – | PRep | No previous public office | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | ||
V | Coquimbo | Fernando Viveros | Apruebo Dignidad | PC | No previous public office | Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
V | Coquimbo | Gloria Paredes | – | PRep | No previous public office | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | ||
V | Coquimbo | Ivon Guerra | Chile Vamos | UDI | No previous public office | ARCIS University | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VI | Valparaíso | Antonio Barchiesi | – | PRep | No previous public office | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VI | Valparaíso | María de los Ángeles López | – | PRep | No previous public office | Adolfo Ibanez University | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VI | Valparaíso | María Pardo | Apruebo Dignidad | CS | No previous public office | Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VI | Valparaíso | Aldo Valle | Socialismo Democrático | PS | Head of the University of Valparaíso | University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VI | Valparaíso | Edmundo Eluchans | Chile Vamos | UDI | Head of the Chamber of Deputies | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VII | Santiago Metropolitan | Karen Araya Rojas | Apruebo Dignidad | PC | No previous public office | Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VII | Santiago Metropolitan | Yerko Ljubetic | Apruebo Dignidad | CS | Minister of Labor and Social Provision | University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VII | Santiago Metropolitan | Luis Silva Irarrázaval | – | PRep | No previous public office | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VII | Santiago Metropolitan | Jorge Ossandón | – | PRep | No previous public office | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | ||
VII | Santiago Metropolitan | Gloria Hutt | Chile Vamos | EVO | Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VIII | O'Higgins Region | Sebastián Figueroa | – | PRep | No previous public office | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VIII | O'Higgins Region | Miguel Littin | Socialismo Democrático | PS | No previous experience | University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
VIII | O'Higgins Region | Ivonne Mangelsdorff | Chile Vamos | RN | No previous experience | University for Development Andrés Bello National University | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
IX | Maule Region | Ricardo Ortega Perrier | – | PRep | Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Air Force |
| 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
IX | Maule Region | Miguel Rojas Soto | – | PRep | No previous public office | Catholic University of the Maule | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
IX | Maule Region | María Gatica Gajardo | – | PRep | No previous public office | – | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
IX | Maule Region | María Claudia Jorquera | Chile Vamos | UDI | No previous public office | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | ||
IX | Maule Region | Christian Suárez Crothers | Socialismo Democrático | Ind. PS | Intendant of the Maule Region |
| 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XVI | Ñuble Region | Cecilia Medina Meneses | – | PRep | No previous public office | – | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XVI | Ñuble Region | Carolina Navarrete | Chile Vamos | UDI | No previous public office | University of Concepción | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
X | Bío Bío Region | Patricia Spoerer | – | PRep | No previous public office | University of Concepción | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
X | Bío Bío Region | Aldo Sanhueza | – | PRep | No previous public office | Andres Bello National University | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XI | Araucanía Region | Héctor Urban | – | PRep | No previous public office | – | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XI | Araucanía Region | Mariela Fincheira | – | PRep | No previous public office | Universidad Santo Tomás | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XI | Araucanía Region | Arturo Phillips | Chile Vamos | UDI | No previous public office | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XI | Araucanía Region | Germán Becker Alvear | Chile Vamos | RN | No previous public office | University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XI | Araucanía Region | Kinturay Melín | Apruebo Dignidad | RD | No previous public office | – | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XII | Los Lagos Region | Jorge de la Maza | – | PRep | No previous public office | Universidad Santo Tomás | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XII | Los Lagos Region | Lorena Gallardo | Chile Vamos | Ind. RN | No previous public office | – | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XII | Los Lagos Region | Alejandro Kohler | Socialismo Democrático | Ind. PS | Mayor of Panguipulli | Universidad Técnica del Estado | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XIII | Los Lagos Region | Beatriz Hevia | – | PRep | No previous public office | University of the Andes, Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XIII | Los Lagos Region | Carlos Recondo | Chile Vamos | UDI | Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | Austral University of Chile | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XIII | Los Lagos Region | Nancy Márquez | Apruebo Dignidad | CS | No previous public office | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | ||
XIV | Aysen Region | Pilar Cuevas | Chile Vamos | RN | Intendant of the Aysen Region | University of Concepción | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XIV | Aysen Region | Julio Ñanco | Apruebo Dignidad | RD | No previous public office | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | ||
XV | Magallanes Region | Claudia Mac-Lean | – | PRep | No previous public office |
| 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 | |
XV | Magallanes Region | Jessica Bengoa | Apruebo Dignidad | CS | No previous public office | University of Magallanes | 7 June 2023 | 7 November 2023 |
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