Gonzalo de la Carrera
Gonzalo de la Carrera | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | District 11 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gonzalo Armando de la Carrera Correa January 13, 1962 |
| Party | Evópoli (2016−2019) Republican Party (2019−2021) Independent (2021−2024) National Libertarian Party (2024−) |
| Spouse | María Angélica Bezanilla |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Gonzalo Armando de la Carrera Correa (born 13 January 1962) is a Chilean politician who was elected as deputy (member of parliament) on 21 November 2021.
A member of the National Libertarian Party founded by Johannes Kaiser.[1] He formerly was militant in the conservative Republican Party, he considers himself as liberal inside José Antonio Kast's party.[2][3] Similarly, he was a militant of Evópoli,[4] party from which he resigned in 2019.[5]
He was CEO of La Polar and vice-president of the ENAP.[6]
Biography
He was born in Santiago on 13 January 1962. He is the son of Jaime de la Carrera Silva, a civil engineer, and María Isabel Correa Vásquez. He comes from a conservative and Catholic background. Following the election of former President Salvador Allende, his father decided to leave Chile and relocate to the United States, where the family lived for six years.[7]
He is the father of six children. In August 2008, he lost his 16-year-old daughter, Trinidad, while she was on a school trip with Colegio Cumbres in Putre. On the day of the tragedy, he was accompanying former tennis player Fernando González at the US Open in New York.[7]
He completed part of his primary education in the United States. Back in Chile, he attended Craighouse School and Liceo 11 de Hombres de Las Condes, graduating from secondary education at Redland School in 1979. Between 1981 and 1985, he studied Commercial Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[7]
Between 1991 and 2004, he served as regional director for Latin America of the company Oriflame. He later co-founded the company Perfúmame together with his brother. Between 2009 and 2012, he worked as chief executive officer of Recrear S.A.–Bioway S.A., and between 2012 and February 2013 as corporate manager for new business at Bethia Comunicaciones S.A.[7]
From 2012 to 2015, he served as executive president of the health insurance provider Colmena and as president of Colmena Salud S.A. In 2013, he held positions as director of the Association of Health Insurance Providers and the Association of Regional Clinics, and served as a board member of Clínica San Carlos de Apoquindo until May 2014. In May 2016, he was appointed chairman of the board of La Polar S.A.[7]
Political career
He was a member of the Republican Party of Chile until December 2021, when he resigned at the request of José Antonio Kast. Previously, he had been a member of Evópoli, resigning in 2019.[7]
Between April and September 2014, he was appointed by then-President Michelle Bachelet to serve on the Presidential Commission for Private Health Reform.[7]
On 27 March 2018, during the second government of Sebastián Piñera, he was appointed Vice President of the National Petroleum Company (ENAP), a position he held until 5 September 2018, when he resigned.[7]
He ran for mayor of Las Condes in the 2021 municipal elections, obtaining second place with 30.33% of the votes cast.[7]
In the parliamentary elections of November 2021, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 11th District—comprising the communes of La Reina, Las Condes, Lo Barnechea, Peñalolén, and Vitacura in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago—representing the Republican Party within the Frente Social Cristiano (FSC) pact. He obtained the highest vote total in the district with 46,069 votes, corresponding to 11.15% of the valid votes cast.[7]
Since 2024, he has been a member of the National Libertarian Party and is one of the founders of the party.[7]
References
- ^ "Con Gonzalo de la Carrera y Gloria Naveillán: el Partido Nacional Libertario, la nueva tienda política que busca formar Johannes Kaiser" (in Spanish). The Clinic. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Las definiciones de De La Carrera: Dice ser "el más liberal" de Republicanos, discrepa con Kaiser y apoya matrimonio igualitario". Emol. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ ""La conciencia no se vende": Pizarro desmiente a De la Carrera por dichos sobre aporte de Lavín a vecinos de La Pintana". CNN Chile. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Las cartas de Evópoli para la intendencia metropolitana". Canal 13. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Gonzalo de la Carrera renuncia a Evópoli en medio de especulaciones por nuevo partido de Kast". El Dínamo. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Gonzalo de la Carrera, la trayectoria del ex vicepresidente de Enap cuestionado por difundir noticia falsa sobre Camila Vallejo". Emol. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Gonzalo De La Carrera Correa — BCN". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 4 February 2026.