Alihuen Antileo
Alihuén Antileo | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 7 June 2023 – 7 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 July 1964 |
| Alma mater | University La Republica (LL.B) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Alihuen Antileo Navarrete (born 9 July 1964) is a Chilean Indigenist activist who served in the Constitutional Council.[1]
Biography
Alihuén Antileo Navarrete was born on 9 July 1964 in Temuco, Chile.[2] He is the son of Segundo Antileo Reimán and Viola Navarrete Zambrano.[2]
He lived in Temuco until age five, then in Santiago until age eleven, and returned to Temuco at age thirteen.[2] He spent part of his childhood in political exile in Switzerland with his mother and sister.[2] Antileo is of Mapuche descent and is the father of one son.[2]
Professional career
Antileo completed his primary and secondary education while living in Switzerland, where he also attended university and worked for several years.[2] In 1986, he returned to Chile and enrolled in the History program at the University of Chile.[2] He later studied law and in 2014 received a licentiate in legal sciences from the Universidad La República.[2]
Professionally, Antileo has worked as a researcher on indigenous affairs and served as an academic and director of the program for indigenous peoples at the now-closed University ARCIS.[2]
Political career
Antileo’s involvement in politics began after his return from exile in 1986.[2] He became a member of the Communist Youth and later was affiliated with the Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez.[2] In 1998, he was a founding member and spokesperson of the Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM), an organization focused on Mapuche issues; he subsequently distanced himself from that group’s activities.[2] Antileo also served as a spokesperson for the Plataforma Política Mapuche (PPM) in Santiago.[2]
He was a candidate in the 2021 elections for the Constitutional Convention as part of the reserved seats for the Mapuche people but was not elected, receiving 7,078 votes, equivalent to 3.24% of the valid votes cast in that election.[2]
In the elections held on 7 May 2023, Antileo ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Council representing the Indigenous Peoples’ constituency.[2] According to the Electoral Qualification Court (TRICEL), he was elected with 160,870 votes.[2]
Antileo took office as a member of the Constitutional Council on 7 June 2023, representing the Indigenous Peoples’ constituency.[2] Within the Council, he served on the Commission on Political System, Constitutional Reform, and Form of the State.[2]
References
- ^ "Perfil: Alihuén Antileo, el ex FPMR y cofundador de la CAM que se transformó en el consejero número 51". Ex-Ante. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Biographical profile: Alihuén Antileo Navarrete". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2026.