Matías Orellana

Matías Orellana
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Constituency15th District
Personal details
Born (1988-12-22) 22 December 1988
PartySocialist Party
Alma materUniversidad Mayor (LL.B)
OccupationConstituent
ProfessionLawyer

Matías Orellana Cuellar (born 22 December 1988) is a Chilean lawyer and politician.[1][2][3]

He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 15th electoral district of the O'Higgins Region, and acted as coordinator of the Thematic Committee on Fundamental Rights.[4]

Biography

Orellana was born on 22 December 1988 in Rancagua.[1] He is the son of Marco Antonio Orellana Urrutia and Jessica Elena Cuellar Ahumada.[1] He is single.[1]

He completed his primary education at Colegio Santo Tomás in Rancagua and his secondary education at Liceo Comercial Diego Portales in the same city, graduating in 2006.[1] Between 2007 and 2012, he studied law at Mayor University and was admitted to the bar on 22 May 2013.[1]

He worked as a lawyer at the Municipality of Doñihue between June 2013 and April 2014.[1] Subsequently, from April 2014 to December 2016, he served as head of the Legal Department of the Regional Intendancy of the O'Higgins Region.[1]

Political career

Orellana began his career is the Socialist Party (PS).[1] He served as chief of staff of the Regional Government of the O'Higgins Region between January 2017 and March 2018.[1]

In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, he ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 15th electoral district of the O'Higgins Region as part of the Lista del Apruebo electoral pact, receiving 7,229 votes (3.99% of the validly cast votes).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Matías Orellana Cuellar". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Entrevista constituyente Matías Orellana: "Siempre podemos aprender de los puntos de vista distintos"". El Morrocotudo (in Spanish). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Constituyente socialista Matías Orellana asegura que defenderá los símbolos patrios "con uñas y dientes"". Emol (in Spanish). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Matías Orellana: "El principal problema de descentralización de la región que yo represento es precisamente la cercanía que tiene con Santiago"". Radio Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2026.