Mario Venegas
Mario Venegas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Constituency | District 22 |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Edmundo Villouta |
| Succeeded by | Re-districted |
| Constituency | 48th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1957 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party (DC)[1] |
| Spouse | Marcela Gómez Osses |
| Children | Two |
| Alma mater | University of Concepción (Lic.) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher |
Mario Artidoro Venegas Cárdenas (born 3 December 1957) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.[2]
He has served as the head of Junaeb.[3]
Early life and family
He was born on 3 December 1957 in Traiguén, the son of Jerardo Augusto Venegas Sepúlveda and Heroína del Carmen Cárdenas.[4]
He is married to Silvana Marcela Gómez Osses and is the father of two children.[4]
Education and professional career
He completed his primary education at Escuela Nº 4 (now Colegio Hermanos Carrera) in Angol and his secondary education at Liceo de Hombres Enrique Ballacey Cottereau in the same city.[4] He pursued higher education at the University of Concepción, where he studied for a Licentiate in Education as a secondary school teacher specializing in History and Geography.[4]
He worked as a teacher at Liceo Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in Traiguén between 1980 and 1991.[4] From 1991 to 2000, he served as technical-pedagogical supervisor at the Provincial Department of Education of Malleco.[4] In 2000, he was acting head of the Education Department of the Regional Secretariat of Education (SECREDUC) of the Ninth Region.[4]
Political career
He is a member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), where he has held leadership positions at the communal and provincial levels.[4]
Between 29 December 2000 and 15 December 2004, he served as Governor of the Province of Malleco.[4]
In December 2005, he was elected deputy representing the Christian Democratic Party for the Araucanía Region (2006–2010 legislative period), District No. 48, obtaining 23,775 votes (35.75% of the valid votes cast).[4] In December 2009, he was re-elected for a second term for the same district (2010–2014).[4]
In the parliamentary elections of November 2013, he was again re-elected as deputy for District No. 48 for the 2014–2018 term, obtaining 45,282 votes (36.44% of the valid votes cast).[4]
In November 2017, he was re-elected as deputy representing the Christian Democratic Party for the new 22nd District, Araucanía Region, within the Convergencia Democrática pact, obtaining 14,991 votes (13.85% of the valid votes cast) for the 2018–2022 legislative period.[4]
In the parliamentary elections of 2021, he did not seek re-election.[4] Law No. 21,238 (2020) established that deputies may be re-elected consecutively for up to two terms.[4]
References
- ^ "Venegas (DC): Los diputados "somos casi indigentes" comparado a "los verdaderos millonarios"". Radio Bío-Bío. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Diputado Venegas y proyecto sobre fin al lucro: Tenemos que despacharlo en un tiempo razonable". The Clinic. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Ex diputado Mario Venegas asume como nuevo director de la Junaeb". Araucanía Diario. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Mario Venegas Cárdenas". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-15.