Mario Vargas Vidal | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 –4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 25th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1963 |
| Party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Biologist |
Mario Vargas Vidal (born 7 February 1963) is a Chilean teacher and politician of the Socialist Party of Chile. [1]
He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 25th electoral district of the Los Lagos Region. [1] [2]
Vargas was born on 7 February 1963. [1] He is the son of Aníbal Vargas and Blanca Hilda Vidal Catalán. [1] He is married to Julia María Flores Cortés and has three children. [1]
He is a trained teacher. [1] He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the Metropolitan Technological University (UTEM) and later earned a Master’s degree in Educational Management from the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences (UMCE). [1]
Until his election as a constituent convention member, he worked professionally as a school counselor at Liceo Eleuterio Ramírez in Osorno. [1]
Vargas is a member of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS). [1] He has an extensive background in social and community work in the Los Lagos Region. [1] He was a founder of the Red Infancia Osorno, a co-founder of the Water Movement, a co-founder of the Unidos Social Movement, a collaborator of the Osorno communal environmental network, and president of the organization of lay men and women of Osorno. [1]
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, he ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 25th electoral district of the Los Lagos Region as part of the Lista del Apruebo electoral pact, receiving 5,817 votes (5.8% of the validly cast votes). [1]