José Manuel Rojo Edwards Silva (born 15 July 1977) is a Chilean

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and

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. Rojo Edwards entered into the

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party National Renewal in 2009. In december of that year he was elected as

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for the

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for the period of 2010-2014. He was reelected in 2013. On September 28, 2016, he announced his resignation from militancy in National Renewal. He tried to be

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in the 2017 election for the

, but did not get enough votes. In 2019 he entered into the Republican Party. In

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, Rojo Edwards supported

José Antonio Kast José Antonio Kast Rist (born 18 January 1966), also known by his initials JAK, is a Chile, Chilean lawyer and politician. Kast ran for president of Chile, president in 2021, 2021 Chilean general election#President, winning the first round and ...

's candidacy, and he ran again to be

for the

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, obtaining the third mayority thus being a senator for the Republican Party. In January 2022, Edwards became the president of the Republican Party.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Rojo 1977 births Chilean politicians Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni National Renewal (Chile) politicians Republican Party (Chile, 2019) politicians 21st-century Chilean politicians Living people Harvard Kennedy School alumni Chilean anti-communists Senators of the LVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile