An election for the members of the Constitutional Convention was held in Chile between 15 and 16 May 2021. This election was called after 78% of voters in the 2020 national plebiscite voted to write a new Constitution through this method.
The Constitutional Convention was the constituent body of the Republic of Chile in charge of drafting a new Political Constitution of the Republic after the approval of the national plebiscite held in October 2020. Its creation and regulation were carried out through Law No. 21,200,published on 24 December 2019,which amended the Political Constitution of the Republic to include the process of drafting a new constitution. The body met for the first time on 4 July 2021. Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said,"This Constitutional Convention must,within a period of 9 months,extendable for an additional 3 months,draft and approve a new constitution for Chile,which must be ratified by the citizens through a plebiscite." It ended its functions and declared itself dissolved on 4 July 2022.
Juan JoséMartin Bravo is a Chilean climate activist. He is president of CVerde,and he was a general coordinator of the COY15 In 2018,Cverde was awarded the National Environmental Award of Chile.
Apruebo Dignidad was a democratic socialist Chilean electoral coalition officially created on 11 January 2021,by the Broad Front and Chile Digno in preparation for the Constitutional Convention election.
Isabel Selena Godoy Monárdez is a Qulla activist and politician in Chile. A former political prisoner during the Chilean military dictatorship,Godoy was elected in 2021 to represent the Qulla people at the Constitutional Convention.
Teresa Margarita Natalia Marinovic Vial is a Chilean,columnist and politician of conservative-libertarian ideology who serves as member of the Constitutional Convention. She is known for her outspoken personality and confrontational approach to politics.
Rodrigo Ernesto Rojas Vade is a Chilean former political activist who was elected in 2021 as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention. He became an icon of the 2019 Chilean protests falsely claiming to have leukaemia and alleging to be a victim of the healthcare system and using a discourse against high medical costs in Chile. Later it was revealed that he actually had syphilis.
María Magdalena Rivera Iribarren is a Chilean political activist,politician and lawyer.
Tania Isabel Madriaga Flores is a Chilean politician,sociologist and former member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Ivanna Daniela Olivares Miranda is a Chilean teacher who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Hugo Humberto Gutiérrez Gálvez is a Chilean politician who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Agustín Squella Narducci is a Chilean lawyer who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Jeniffer Valeria Mella Escobar is a Chilean lawyer who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Nicolás Fernando Núñez Gangas is a Chilean lawyer who was elected as a constituent of the Chilean Constitutional Convention for District 16 and is a member of the Social Green Regionalist Federation (FREVS). Prior to his election he attended and graduated from the University of Talca in Chile.
Martín Arrau García-Huidobro is a Chilean engineer who is member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention. He previously served as intendant of the Ñuble Region.
Margarita Letelier Cortés is a Chilean entrepreneur who was elected as constituent in the Constitutional Convention.
Patricia Labra Besserer is a Chilean lawyer who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Janis Jan del Carmen Meneses Palma is a Chilean Social Worker who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.
Jorge Arturo Dip Calderón is a Chilean lawyer and politician,governor of the province of Valparaíso between 2016 and 2018. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Party.
