Diego Eduardo Ibáñez Cotroneo (born 25 January 1989) is a

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an politician, lawyer, and environmental activist. He is a law graduate from the

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. He is a member of the

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, corresponding to the

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. Since October 2022, he has served as president of

Social Convergence The Social Convergence (, CS) was a left-wing political party in Chile. Founded by current Chilean president Gabriel Boric, it is now led by Diego Ibáñez. It was co-founded in 2018 by the Autonomist Movement (MA), Libertarian Left (IL) (a ...

Early life

Ibáñez is the son of Rosamel Ibáñez Cifuentes, a sailor, and Dafne Cotroneo Calderón, a professor. He completed his primary and secondary studies at Colegio Liahona in El Belloto, in the

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commune. In 2010, he moved to Valparaíso to enter the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. He served as vice president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Students Federation in 2013–2014.

Political career

Environmental activism

Ibáñez was the founder and spokesperson of the non-governmental organization "Pulmón Verde de Quilpué," which staged protests against the "Termoeléctrica Los Rulos." In January 2018, during the first day of the

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, he participated in a coordinated demonstration against the thermoelectric power plant supported by

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First parliamentary term

In August 2017, he registered his candidacy for deputy of

in the

. He won with 9,199 votes, or 2.9% of the total. After being a member of the Libertarian Students Front, he joined the Autonomist Movement in the Valparaíso region. As a parliamentarian, he joined the caucus of President

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. He has worked on environmental protection issues including closing thermoelectric power plants, protecting dunes, lakes and wetlands from motor vehicles, and preventing the construction of real estate projects after forest fires. He has introduced anti-corruption projects aimed at reducing electoral spending in campaigns from private sector officials.

Second parliamentary term

He ran for re-election as deputy from the sixth electoral district, obtaining the highest number of votes both in the district and regionally with 34,419 votes, or 9.69% of the total. He is part of the Broad Front, along with deputies from

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, and

. He began a Special Investigative Commission on the drought in

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. After requesting that the commission hold sessions in the field to draw community participation, he was censured by the president of the Chamber with the votes of right-wing deputies. In April 2023, he denounced the high amounts that businesspeople invest in electoral campaigns which led to a lawsuit for defamation and slander by Juan Sutil, who was then-president of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (Spanish: ''Confederación de la Producción y del Comercio''). The lawsuit was dismissed by the Court of Appeals of Santiago in August 2023. For the 2022 constitutional referendum, he posted a

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urging people to vote "Approve." This post was briefly shared by Boric, prompting the singer's team to react through a press release requesting that his image not be used for political campaigns.

References

External links

BCN Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibáñez, Diego 1989 births Living people Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso alumni Members of the Autonomist Movement Social Convergence politicians Frente Amplio (Chile) politicians People from Punta Arenas Deputies of the LV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Deputies of the LVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile