Mario Acuña Cisternas
Mario Acuña Cisternas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Meza Moncada |
| Constituency | 52nd District |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party (DC) |
| Spouse | Ingrid Prambs |
| Children | Two |
| Education | Austral University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Agronomist |
Mario Alberto Acuña Cisternas is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.[1]
Biography
He was born on 26 September 1951 in Coronel, Chile.[2] He is the son of María Cisterna Fuentealba and Juan Manuel Acuña Ribilar.[2]
In 1977 he married Ingrid Prambs Kloocker. He is the father of two children.[2]
After completing his secondary education, he entered the Universidad Austral de Chile, where he studied Agronomy and obtained the degree of Agricultural Engineer in 1978.[2]
Political career
His political activities began when he was elected secretary-general of his school’s student council. At university, he stood out as a leader of the Student Federation and as a student delegate to the University Reform Commission of Valdivia.[2]
During his university years, he joined the Christian Democratic Party and served as university president of the party. Later, he assumed the position of first communal vice president of the party in Villarrica and acted as delegate of the party’s professionals and technicians to the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia.[2]
In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy representing the Christian Democratic Party for District No. 52, in the IX Region of La Araucanía, serving from 1990 to 1994.[2] In 1993 he was re-elected for the same district (1994–1998), and in 1997 he obtained a third consecutive term (1998–2002).[2]
After completing his third parliamentary term, he was not re-elected for a fourth term in District No. 52. He ran again for the same district in 2005 but was unsuccessful.[2]