Iván Paredes

Iván Paredes
Regional Counseller for Arica y Parinacota
In office
11 March 2022 – 6 January 2025
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 2002 – 11 March 2010
Preceded bySalvador Urrutia
Succeeded byOrlando Vargas
Constituency1st District
Mayor of Arica
In office
31 October 1994 – 6 December 2000
Preceded byHernán Lagos
Succeeded byCarlos Valcarce
Councilman of Arica
In office
26 September 1992 – September 1994
Personal details
Born (1958-06-04) 4 June 1958
PartySocialist Party (PS)
SpouseEmelina Romero
ChildrenThree
OccupationPolitician

Iván Paredes Fierro (born 4 June 1958) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.[1][2]

Early life and family

Paredes was born on 4 June 1958 in Puerto Montt, Chile.[3] He married Emelina Romero Rivas and is the father of three children.[3] He is the brother of Mauricio Paredes, who served as councillor of the commune of Arica (2004–2008).[3]

He completed his secondary education at Liceo A-5 in Arica.[3]

Political career

Between 1986 and 1989, he served as president of the Socialist Youth of Arica.[3] From 1992 to 1994, he was a councillor of the commune of Arica, and subsequently served as mayor of the same commune from December 1994 until 2000.[3]

In the December 2001 parliamentary elections, he was elected as a deputy as an independent for District No. 1 (Arica, Camarones, General Lagos, and Putre) in the Tarapacá Region for the 2002–2006 legislative term.[3] He obtained the highest vote share in the district with 26,886 votes (37.68%).[3]

After the election, he joined the Socialist Party of Chile.[3]

In 2005, he was re-elected for District No. 1 representing the Socialist Party of Chile for the 2006–2010 term, obtaining 18,958 votes (25.52%) and again securing the highest vote share in the district.[3]

In the 2009 parliamentary elections, he was not re-elected, losing to independent candidate Orlando Vargas.[3]

In June 2014, he was appointed Regional Coordinator of Public Security for the Arica and Parinacota Region.[3]

In 2017, he again sought a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the new 1st District of the Arica and Parinacota Region as an independent candidate on the La Fuerza de la Mayoría list but was not elected.[3] Later, in the municipal elections of 15–16 May 2021, he ran for mayor of Arica but was not elected.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Desaforado Iván Paredes". El Morrocotudo. 27 September 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Corte Suprema desaforó a Iván Paredes". El Morrocotudo. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Iván Paredes Fierro". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish).