Pablo Lorenzini

Pablo Lorenzini Basso^[2][3] (25 October 1949 – 29 June 2025) was a Chilean politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing District 38 of the Maule Region and as President of the Chamber of Deputies. He died on 29 June 2025, at the age of 75.^[4]

Lorenzini was born on October 25, 1949, in Molina, Chile. He was the son of Leticia Basso Basso and Emilio Lorenzini Gratwohl, a lawyer and former deputy of the Christian Democratic Party of Chile.^[5]

He was married to Verónica Aracena Robert and was the father of two sons, Daniel and Sebastián.^[5]

Lorenzini completed his primary education at Instituto San Martín of Curicó and his secondary education at Instituto Alonso de Ercilla and Colegio San Ignacio in Santiago, graduating in 1967. In 1968, he entered the University of Chile, where he earned a degree in Commercial Engineering with a specialization in Economics in 1972. He also studied auditing at the same university, graduating as a public accountant and auditor.^[5]

In 1976, he completed a diploma in Foreign Trade and earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University of Barcelona. In 1984, he obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the same institution. His doctoral thesis was titled El proceso inflacionario en la información financiero-contable: una aproximación a la corrección monetaria integral.^[5]

Between 1972 and 1978, Lorenzini worked as Audit and Consulting Manager at Peat Marwick in Barcelona, Spain. From 1979 to 1981, he served as Audit Manager at Price Waterhouse. Between 1982 and 1985, he was Finance and Administration Manager of Chilectra and later became director of Chilectra Generación.^[5]

In 1986, he assumed the position of Finance and Administration Manager and Deputy General Manager of Colbún S.A. That same year and until 1991, he worked at Price Waterhouse in both Chile and Ecuador, serving as managing partner for Consulting and Auditing. In 1992, he became Finance and Administration Director of Raycass, a subsidiary of Sara Lee (United States).^[5]

Between 1993 and 1995, he served as General Manager of Senexco Constructora. In 1995, he joined Empresa Metropolitana de Obras Sanitarias (Emos S.A.) as comptroller and later as director. He also chaired the board of Empresa Eléctrica de Aysén (Edelaysen).^[5]

Lorenzini taught Economics, Finance, and Auditing at the University of Chile, University of Santiago, Diego Portales University, and Mayor University. Between 1981 and 1982, he served as president of the Chilean chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors of the United States.^[5]

Lorenzini began his political involvement during his university years as a member of the University of Chile Student Federation (FECH). In 1970, he suspended his economics studies to undertake a horseback journey from Punta Arenas to Santiago together with his father, Emilio Lorenzini. They arrived on September 9 of that year at Palacio Cousiño, where the closing ceremony of the presidential campaign of Christian Democratic candidate Radomiro Tomic was being held.^[5]

He joined the Christian Democratic Party of Chile, where he served as delegate to the party’s National Board between 1992 and 1997, later becoming a national councilor. Between 1999 and 2001, he served as vice president of the party, and in 2004 he assumed the presidency of the party in the Maule Region.^[5]

On March 31, 2020, Lorenzini resigned from the Christian Democratic Party after forty-five years of membership.^[5]

He did not seek re-election in the 2021 parliamentary elections. Law No. 21,238 of 2020 established that deputies may be re-elected consecutively for up to two terms.^[5]

Lorenzini died on June 29, 2025, in Santiago.^[5]

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