Ramón Galleguillos
Ramón Galleguillos | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the district |
| Constituency | 2nd District |
| Mayor of Alto Hospicio | |
| In office 6 December 2004 – 6 December 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1953 |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union National Renewal (RN) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Ramón Ernesto Galleguillos Castillo (born 26 July 1953) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.[1]
He was mayor of Alto Hospicio.[2]
Early life and education
Ramón Ernesto Galleguillos Castillo was born in Iquique, Chile, on July 26, 1953. He is the son of Gumberto Galleguillos Bernazar, a railway worker, and Inés Castillo Murray.[3]
He is married to Juana Doratriz Rivera Gárate and has two daughters.[3]
Galleguillos completed his primary education at Escuela Básica Nº 23 of Estación Baquedano in Antofagasta and at the Centro de Educación General Básica of Iquique. He completed his secondary education at the Escuela Industrial of Iquique.[3]
Professional career
Between 1970 and 1982, he worked as Head of Exports at Pesquera Indo. He later worked in a transportation and earthmoving company until 1990.[3]
During the 1990s, he worked as a social communicator and director in various media outlets in the Tarapacá Region, including Radio Nacional de Chile, Radio Bravissima, and Radio Paulina 89.3 FM, where he also provided political commentary.[3]
Political career
Galleguillos began his public career in 1992, during the first municipal elections held after Chile’s return to democracy. He ran as an independent candidate on List D, Unión por Chile, and was elected city councilor of the Municipality of Iquique, serving three consecutive terms.[3]
In 1993, he joined National Renewal (RN). He left the party in 2003 and joined the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).[3]
In 2004, he was elected the first mayor of Alto Hospicio representing the Independent Democratic Union, obtaining 4,382 votes (35.01%). He was re-elected in 2008 with 9,522 votes (65.35%), achieving a historically high vote share, and was elected for a third term in 2012 with 7,448 votes (60.40%).[3]
In the 2016 municipal elections, he ran for re-election but was defeated, obtaining 4,795 votes (34.99%). On November 15 of that year, he resigned from his position as mayor by Municipal Decree No. 4046/2006 of the Municipality of Alto Hospicio in order to run for the Chamber of Deputies.[3]
After 12 years of membership in the Independent Democratic Union, he resigned from the party in 2016 and rejoined National Renewal.[3]
In August 2017, he registered his candidacy for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 2nd electoral district of the Tarapacá Region, representing National Renewal within the Chile Vamos coalition. In the parliamentary elections held on November 19, 2017, he was elected deputy with 17,279 votes, equivalent to 19.11% of the total valid votes.[3]
In the parliamentary elections of November 21, 2021, he sought re-election for the same district but was not elected, obtaining 10,007 votes (9.99%).[3]
In 2024, he ran again for mayor of Alto Hospicio but was not elected, obtaining 18,557 votes (36.31%).[3]
He later ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 2nd electoral district of the Tarapacá Region representing National Renewal within the Chile Grande y Unido coalition in the parliamentary elections held on November 16, 2025. He was not elected, obtaining 17,905 votes, equivalent to 9.81% of the total valid votes.[3]
References
- ^ "Corte de Iquique ordenó a abogado eliminar publicaciones subidas a Facebook contra diputado Ramón Galleguillos". Soy Chile. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ "Ramón Galleguillos, alcalde de Alto Hospicio: "Mi nombre como candidato a alcalde de Iquique coloca nerviosos a muchos»". El Sol de Iquique. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Ramón Ernesto Galleguillos Castillo". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2026.