Francisco de la Maza
Francisco de la Maza | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Las Condes | |
| In office 6 December 2000 – 6 December 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Larraín |
| Succeeded by | Joaquín Lavín |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1957 |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union |
| Spouse | María José Martínez Roca |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician |
| Profession | Civil constructor |
Francisco Javier de la Maza Chadwick (Santiago, 25 June 1957) is a Chilean civil constructor, businessman and politician, a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).
From 2000 to 2016, he served as mayor of Las Condes.
Biography
Family and education
He is the son of Francisco Javier de la Maza Lavandero and Patricia Chadwick Mery. He is the paternal grandson of Francisco Javier de la Maza Risopatrón and María Lavandero Eyzaguirre; and the maternal grandson of Roberto Chadwick Valdés and Adriana Mery Valdivia.[1] His maternal grandfather was a brother of Herman and Tomás Chadwick Valdés.
He completed his primary education at The Grange School and his secondary education at Saint George's. He later studied civil construction at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), graduating in 1982.[2]
He is currently married to María José Martínez Roca and has eight children from three previous marriages.
Business activities
In his youth he worked as an agricultural and livestock entrepreneur in the Araucanía Region,[2] particularly in his family’s businesses. He currently owns 4% of Agrícola Los Puquios Limitada, owner of the fundos El Avellano and Buchacura in Victoria, and of Agrícola De la Maza Chadwick.[3]
After graduating from university, he entered the construction business in 1982, creating the company Serco together with his classmate Andrés Ugarte. In 1984 Serco merged with Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Construcción (INARCO), led by Aníbal Ovalle, Fernando García Huidobro and René Joglar. The company — which kept the name INARCO — directed the construction of two projects for Agrosuper: a pig plant in Doñihue, and a cold cuts plant located on Route 68.[3]
In 1988 De la Maza, Joglar and Ugarte left INARCO to focus on real estate, and the following year created Constructora Santa Teresa, of which De la Maza owns 28.33%. After beginning his political career, he became a passive shareholder and was replaced by Hugo Valdés.[3]
He is also a director of the Empresa Education Foundation (since 1994) and of the San Francisco Javier School in Huechuraba (since 1997),[2] an educational institution of which he owns 17% through Inversiones Victoria.[3]
Political career
During his time at university, he served in 1980 as a campus leader for the Federation of Students of the Catholic University of Chile (FEUC) at the San Joaquín Campus. In 1989 he was the campaign chief for Senate candidate Jaime Orpis in that year’s parliamentary elections,[2] after which he joined the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).[3]
In 1992 he ran in the municipal elections for the comuna of Las Condes, being elected councillor for the 1992–1996 term, and in 1996 he was re-elected for 1996–2000. In 1999 he served as campaign manager for Joaquín Lavín Infante in that year’s presidential election.[2]
In 2000 he ran for a third time in a municipal election for Las Condes, this time being elected mayor, a position to which he was re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012.[2] In 2005 he again led the campaign for Joaquín Lavín in his second presidential candidacy.[4]
On 30 March 2012 he assumed as vice president of the UDI, a position he resigned on 30 March 2015.[5] In 2013 he was campaign chief for Pablo Longueira in the Alliance presidential primaries.[6]
On 25 July 2016, just hours before the deadline to register candidates for the municipal elections, it was announced that he would not run again for mayor in order to evaluate a possible UDI presidential candidacy in 2017. In his place, Joaquín Lavín ran as Chile Vamos candidate for the municipality.[7]
References
- ^ "La importancia de llamarse Chadwick". La Nación. 28 March 2004. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Autoridades, Alcalde". lascondes.cl. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "De la Maza: Su desconocida veta empresarial". Qué Pasa. 6 October 2007. Archived from the original on 3 May 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "La dinastía de los Chadwick: Los hijos del Conservador (parte final)". Interferencia. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Francisco de la Maza renuncia a vicepresidencia UDI". La Tercera. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Longueira conforma comando encabezado por De la Maza". La Tercera. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "UDI da sorpresivo giro y levanta a Joaquín Lavín como candidato por Las Condes". La Tercera. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
External links
- Profile on Las Condes Municipality Archived 2015-04-05 at the Wayback Machine (archived)