José Luis Uriarte Campos (born 23 November 1977) is a Chilean lawyer and politician, member of the

Independent Democratic Union The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician, law professor and senator Jaime Guzmán, a civilian a ...

(UDI). From June 2020 to March 2022, he served as Undersecretary of Tourism of Chile under the second administration of President

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 ...

Early life and education

He graduated as a lawyer from University of the Andes (UANDES) and later obtained a master's degree in Public Policy from

Universidad del Desarrollo Universidad del Desarrollo (Spanish: ''Universidad del Desarrollo'') is a Chilean private university. Its main campus is in Santiago de Chile, with a secondary campus in Concepción. History The University was founded in Concepción in 1990, ...

(UDD).

Professional and political career

In the 2005 parliamentary elections, he ran as deputy representing the 28th district of the Metropolitan Region, which included Lo Espejo, San Miguel, and

Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (; February 6, 1879 – November 25, 1941) was a Chilean political figure, educator, and lawyer who served as the 22nd president of Chile from 1938 until his death in 1941. He was Political moderate, moderate. A me ...

, but was not elected. From May 2010 to March 2014, he served as general manager of Sercotec, from where he promoted a recovery plan for small and medium-sized companies after the

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. In 2014, he became the Secretary General of the National Chamber of Commerce, while between 2018 and 2019 he served in the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) as territorial head and advisor to Minister Juan Andrés Fontaine. He was also an advisor to the Minister of Economy, Lucas Palacios. On June 12, 2020, he was appointed as the Undersecretary of Tourism by

, following the departure of Mónica Zalaquett.

References

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