Juan Manuel Masferrer
Juan Manuel Masferrer Vidal (Rancagua, O'Higgins Region, May 1, 1980) is a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as a deputy. He served as Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development in the second government of Sebastián Piñera.[1] He previously served as Mayor of the Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Region between March 2018 and April 2020.
Biography
[edit]He completed his primary education in the commune of Las Cabras and secondary education at the O'Higgins Institute in Rancagua. He later entered to study law at the Andrés Bello National University, graduating as a lawyer.[2]
In the 2013 CORE elections, he was a candidate for Regional Councilor for the Cachapoal I constituency (Commune of Rancagua), achieving the second majority in the constituency, with 10.3% of the votes, after Felipe García-Huidobro, not being elected.[3]
Until March 2018, he served as Director of Student Affairs at the Universidad del Desarrollo. Previously, he was director of the School of Leadership at San Sebastián University.[4] He was general secretary of the UDI youth at the national level, a party of which he is a member.[5]
On March 11, 2018, he was appointed by President Sebastián Piñera as Mayor of the Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Region, a position he held until April 20, 2020.[6]
On June 6, 2020, he was appointed as Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development (SUBDERE), a position from which he resigned on November 20, 2020.[7][8] That same year he was invited by the Chilean Ministry of Health to join the COVID-19 Social Table, created to address the pandemic in the country.[9]
In 2021 he was appointed deputy for his party, replacing Issa Kort who was appointed as ambassador.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Garcés, Bastián (2020-06-06). "Presidente Piñera designa a Juan Manuel Masferrer como subsecretario de Desarrollo Regional". El Líbero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Sitio web Gob.cl, 2018". Gobierno de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Resultados de las Elecciones Presidenciales, Parlamentarias y de Cores 2013 – Especial de Emol.com". www.emol.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Conozca al Intendente". Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Elección de CORE Rancagua: Juan M. Masferrer". El Rancahuaso.cl, Noticias de Rancagua y O'Higgins (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "El movido primer día que espera este lunes a la nueva intendenta de O'Higgins". El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ Liderazgo, Poder y (2020-06-06). "Ex intendente de la región de O'Higgins asume como titular de la Subdere". Poder y Liderazgo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "La Moneda oficializa la salida de 14 autoridades para competir en el próximo ciclo electoral de 2021 - La Tercera". www.latercera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Ministerio de Salud de Chile; Mesa Social Covid-19". www.gob.cl. 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "UDI designa a ex Intendente de O'Higgins como diputado en reemplazo de Issa Kort" (in Spanish). 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2023-10-10.