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 Adolfo Ibáñez University and during

Sebastián Piñera Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (; 1 December 1949 – 6 February 2024) was a Chilean 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 Party (C ...

's first government (2010–2014) he was presidential advisor. Then, he presided political party Evópoli (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, 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 is known for directing films such as ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' (2016), ''Jackie (2016 film), Jackie'' (2016), ''Spencer (film), Spencer'' (2021), ''El Conde (film), El Cond ...

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 Evópoli, a conservative-liberal and centre-right party (where he finished joining). In December, he participated in the presidencial campaign of Evelyn Matthei (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 Felipe Kast in the coalition's presidential primary 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