Guillermo Ramírez Diez
Guillermo Ramírez | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Constituency | District 11 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 April 1979 |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union[1][2] |
| Spouse | María Gracia Errázuriz |
| Children | Four |
| Parent(s) | Guillermo Ramírez Platini María Soledad Diez |
| Relatives | Sergio Diez (uncle grandfather) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Guillermo Andrés Ramírez Diez (born 16 April 1979) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.[3]
Early life
Ramírez was born in Santiago on 16 April 1979. He is the son of Guillermo Ramírez Platini and María Soledad Diez Infante.[4] He is married and the father of four children.[4]
He completed his schooling at The Grange School, where he served as vice president of the Student Council in 1996. He graduated from secondary education in 1997.[4]
Ramírez initially enrolled in Civil Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, but later changed programs and began studying Law at the same university. He qualified as a lawyer on 9 October 2009.[4]
Between 2010 and 2012, he completed a Master in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, in Cambridge, United States.[4]
Political career
In 2006, he began working in the Training Area of the Jaime Guzmán Foundation. In 2009, he worked as Chief of Staff to the President of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), Juan Antonio Coloma, and the following year served as Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary General of the Presidency, Claudio Alvarado.[4]
During 2012, he served as Director of Public Policy at the Jaime Guzmán Foundation, while also teaching Administrative Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[4]
In 2017, he assumed the position of Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the Las Condes Municipality, Joaquín Lavín.[4]
During his university years, he became involved in the gremialist movement and joined the Independent Democratic Union. During the presidency of Jaime Bellolio at the Federation of Students of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (FEUC), Ramírez was elected Executive Councillor. The following year, he was elected Senior Councillor (2004), and in 2005 he served as president of the Gremialist Movement.[4]
Between 2015 and 2017, he served as Secretary General of the UDI. In 2017, he assumed the vice presidency of the party and became director of the Aldea del Encuentro of La Reina.[4]
In the parliamentary elections of 2017, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 11th District—comprising the communes of Las Condes, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea, La Reina and Peñalolén—representing the UDI within the Chile Vamos coalition. He was elected with 30,731 votes, corresponding to 8.16% of the valid votes cast.[4]
In August 2021, he sought re-election for the same district for the 2022–2026 term. In November, he was re-elected representing the UDI within the Chile Podemos Más pact, obtaining 40,442 votes, corresponding to 9.79% of the valid votes cast.[4]
Following the resignation of Senator Javier Macaya, the Political Committee of the UDI appointed him party president on 24 July 2024.[4]
References
- ^ "Lo que hay que saber de Guillermo Ramírez, el sucesor de Macaya y su creciente influencia en la UDI". Ex-Ante. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "¿Quién es el nuevo presidente de la UDI?: estudio en The Grange School, la Universidad Católica y Candbridge". La Hora. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "Tras la bullada renuncia del senador Macaya: Diputado Guillermo Ramírez asume la presidencia interina de la UDI". Publimetro Chile. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Guillermo Andrés Ramírez Diez — BCN". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish).