Juan Santana
Juan Santana | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
| Constituency | District 4 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1989 Vallenar, Chile |
| Party | Socialist |
| Parent(s) | Juan Santana Álvarez Aurora Castillo |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist |
Juan Rubén Santana Castillo (born 20 September 1989) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.[1][2][3]
Biography
He was born in Vallenar on 20 September 1989. He is the son of Juan Santana Álvarez—former councillor and mayor of Vallenar, Regional Councillor of the Atacama Region and Provincial Head of Education of the Huasco Province—and educator Aurora Castillo Núñez.[4] He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo San Francisco de Vallenar, graduating in 2007.[4]
He later moved to Santiago to pursue university studies at the School of Journalism of the University of Chile, where he graduated as a journalist in 2015. His thesis was titled 60 years of militancy under the sun: the history of the Socialist Party of Vallenar.[4]
In 2017, he worked as a journalist at the Regional Ministerial Secretariat of Health (SEREMI) of Atacama, in Copiapó.[4]
Political career
His political and public trajectory began as a student leader at the Liceo San Francisco de Vallenar in 2007. He later joined the youth wing of the Socialist Party of Chile.[4]
Between 2011 and 2012, he was actively involved in the Federation of Students of the University of Chile (FECH), serving as a councillor and Vice President of the Student Council of the School of Communication at his alma mater. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth and of the Socialist Party of Chile, representing the Atacama Region.[4]
In 2013, during the first direct elections of Regional Councillors, he ran for the office representing the Huasco Province for the Socialist Party of Chile. He was elected with 4,791 votes, equivalent to 18.67% of the votes cast.[4]
As Regional Councillor of Atacama, he served on the commissions for Infrastructure and Productive Development, Social Development, Legal Affairs and Oversight, and Education and Culture.[4]
On 18 November 2016, he resigned from his position as Regional Councillor to run for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile. He formalized his candidacy in April 2017 during the celebration of the 84th anniversary of the Socialist Party of Chile, running for the 4th District of the Atacama Region—comprising the communes of Chañaral, Diego de Almagro, Copiapó, Caldera, Tierra Amarilla, Vallenar, Freirina, Huasco, and Alto del Carmen.[4]
In the parliamentary elections held in November 2017, he was elected Deputy for the 4th District of the Atacama Region representing the Socialist Party of Chile, obtaining 6,245 votes, equivalent to 6.66% of the valid votes cast.[4]
In January 2019, he was elected President of the Socialist Youth (JS) as part of the Nueva generación socialista list, obtaining 56% of the preferences.[4]
In August 2021, he ran for re-election in the same district for the 2022–2026 term, representing the Socialist Party of Chile within the New Social Pact pact. In November 2021, he was re-elected with the second-highest vote total in the district, obtaining 13,497 votes, corresponding to 13.67% of the valid votes cast.[4]
In 2023, he played a relevant role in the campaign of former senator Ricardo Núñez Muñoz (PS) as a candidate for the Constitutional Council representing the Atacama Region.[4]
References
- ^ "La advertencia del diputado Santana (PS) por reforma previsional: "Si el acuerdo es 5,5% de 6% a las AFP, no pasará la Cámara"". La Tercera. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Diputado Juan Santana abordó las claves de la reforma de pensiones y el impactó que tendrá la norma aprobada en el Congreso". Nostálgica.cl. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Diputado Juan Santana (PS): 'Con recursos públicos la San Sebastián está pagando pitutos políticos a la UDI'". The Clinic. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Juan Rubén Santana Castillo — BCN". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 4 February 2026.