Romilio Gutiérrez

Romilio Gutiérrez
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 2010 – 11 March 2018
Preceded byOsvaldo Palma
Succeeded byDistrict dissolved
Constituency39th District
Personal details
Born (1962-02-17) 17 February 1962
PartyIndependent Democratic Union (UDI)
SpouseSandra Ruíz
ChildrenThree
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Romilio Guillermo Gutiérrez Pino (born 17 February 1962) is a Chilean politician who served as a parliamentarian from 2010 to 2018.[1]

After moving to Santiago, he served as Director of Education of the Municipality of Las Condes during the mayoralty of Joaquín Lavín.[2] He was also dean at the University of Informatics Sciences (UCINF) in Santiago and an associate researcher at the Libertad y Desarrollo Institute of the Jaime Guzmán Foundation.[2]

He was a member of the Education Commission of the Tantauco Group, which brought together professionals from various fields to draft the government program of President Sebastián Piñera.[2]

Biography

Gutiérrez was born on 17 February 1962 in Linares.[2] He is the son of Guillermo René Gutiérrez Hernández and María Raquel Pino Campos.[2]

He is married to Sandra Verónica Ruiz Vergara and is the father of three children: José Ignacio, Javiera and Carlos.[2]

Professional career

He completed his primary education at the Basic School of Colbún and continued at the Liceo de Hombres A-25 (current Liceo Valentín Letelier).[2] He pursued higher education at the University of Talca, from which he graduated as a teacher of Mathematics and Physics.[2] He also completed a Master’s degree in Education and Human Resources.[2]

Professionally, he worked as a teacher at the School of San Juan de Colbún and later as a physics teacher at the Liceo de Colbún.[2] In parallel, he was part of the Municipal Department of Education and served as Municipal Secretary of Colbún.[2]

Between 1989 and 1996, he served as mayor of the Municipality of Colbún.[2]

Political career

He was re-elected deputy for the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), District No. 39, Maule Region, for the 2014–2018 term.[2] He served as a member of the Standing Committees on Sports and Recreation; Education; National Defense; and Ethics and Transparency (chair of the latter between March 2014 and March 2015).[2]

In December 2009, he was elected deputy for the UDI in the Maule Region, District No. 39, for the 2010–2014 legislative period, representing the communes of Colbún, Linares, San Javier, Villa Alegre and Yerbas Buenas.[2] He served as president of the Standing Committee on Education, Sports and Recreation and was a member of the Standing Committees on Poverty Reduction, Planning and Social Development; Water Resources, Desertification and Drought; Ethics and Transparency; and Housing and Urban Development.[2] He was also part of the UDI parliamentary committee.[2]

In the November 2013 parliamentary elections, he was re-elected as deputy for District No. 39, representing the UDI, for the 2014–2018 term.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Romilio Gutiérrez: "El informe no acreditaba el incumplimiento de la ley"". Radio Duna. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Romilio Gutiérrez Pino". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish).