Hernán Larraín Matte (born 24 December 1974) is a Chilean lawyer and politician involved in

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. Larraín is an adjunct professor at the

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and during

Sebastián Piñera Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique OMCh (; born 1 December 1949) is a Chilean billionaire businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic polit ...

's first government (2010–2014) he was presidential advisor. Then, he presided political party

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(2018–2020). He studied laws at

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(1993–1999) and after obtaining his BA, he decided to study a Master of Arts in

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in the

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(PUC; 2000–2001). Years later, he completed his Master in public policies at England's

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(LSE).

Biography

Born in 1974, he is the eldest son of Hernan Larraín and

Magdalena Matte Magdalena Matte Lecaros (born August 13, 1950) is a Chilean Businessperson, businesswoman and politician. She is member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and was part of Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (Chile), Ministry ...

, politicians whose families have had a vast trajectory both into the Chilean elite and that country's right–wing. Likewise, Hernán is brother of the filmmakers

Pablo Larraín Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He has directed nine feature films and co-directed one television series, including the Academy Award-nominated films ''No (2012 film), No'' (2012), ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' ...

and Juan de Dios Larraín.

Political career

In 2008, Larraín was general marketing coordinator of

's campaign for his first term as president. Following Piñera's victory at 2009 presidential election, he joined to Renovación Nacional (RN) in 2010 and became

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's communications advisor since that year until 2013. That year he renounced to that position in order to join a political project linked to the

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''Horizontal'' (directed by him from 2013 to 2015), organization close to then nacient political party

, a conservative-liberal and centre-right party (where he finished joining). In December, he participated in the presidencial campaign of

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(UDI) who lost against

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from centre–left's

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. On January 29, 2015, his party was one of the founding members of centre-right coalition

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. In mid-2017, Larraín helped to

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in the coalition's

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that lost (15%) against Piñera (58%) and

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(26%). Months later, he participated in the campaign of Piñera during the

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which he won. On May 5, 2018, Larraín was elected president of Evópoli in the party's internal elections. On July 19, 2020, in the midst of Chile Vamos crisis (after 2019–20 Social Outbreak and

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), he formalized his resignation as president of the organization. In 2021, he was registered as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention by District 11 (Las Condes, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea, La Reina y Peñalolén), and then won a seat into the Constitutional Convention that drafted a new constitution proposal for Chile. On 4 July 2021, Larrain was invested as constituent. On 12 april 22, he assumed as adjunct vice president of the Convention.http://sala.cconstituyente.cl/visordocumentos/verDoc.aspx?prmTipo=SIAL&prmID=62663&formato=pdf

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Larraín Matte, Hernán 1974 births Living people Finis Terrae University alumni Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics National Renewal (Chile) politicians Evópoli politicians Members of the Chilean Constitutional Convention