Alejandro Santana

Alejandro Santana Tirachini (born 18 July 1965) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

In 2024, he was elected governor of Los Lagos Region.

Early life and education Santana was born on July 18, 1965, in Castro, Chile. He is the son of Bladimiro Santana and Oriana Tirachini.

He is married to Pamela Queirolo Scribe and is the father of three children: Belén, Benjamín, and Bernardita.

He completed his primary education at Escuela Nº 1 Luis Uribe Díaz in Castro and his secondary education at Liceo Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas, also in Castro. He later moved to Santiago, where he obtained degrees as a Commercial Engineer and Certified Public Accountant from Universidad Mariano Egaña.

Santana holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Management from the IEDE Business School in Spain. He also completed postgraduate studies in business management at the University of Chile and in public policy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

In his professional career, he worked as a financial analyst at Pesquera Iquique-Guanaye and later served as head of internal audit at Constructora Eulogio Gordo. Between 1992 and 2009, he worked at Banmédica, where he rose to the position of deputy manager of the Collections Division.

Additionally, he has taught Finance and Strategic Planning at Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello and has worked as an advisor and consultant for various companies, including Petrus.

Political career In the 2005 parliamentary elections, Santana ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies representing National Renewal in District No. 58, but was not elected.

In 2007, he founded the social organization ‘Corporación Chiloé Puede Más’, aimed at providing information to residents of the Chiloé Archipelago about state benefits. Between 2007 and 2008, he served as an advisor to Senator Carlos Kuschel, representing the Los Lagos Region.

Santana was first elected Deputy in the 2009 parliamentary elections. In 2021, he did not seek re-election, following the enactment of Law No. 21.238 (2020), which limited consecutive re-elections for members of the Chamber of Deputies.

On July 29, 2024, he registered his candidacy for Governor of the Los Lagos Region representing National Renewal. In the regional elections held on October 26–27, 2024, he advanced to the second round after obtaining 30.87% of the vote. In the runoff election held on November 24, 2024, he was elected Governor of the Los Lagos Region after securing 258,757 votes, equivalent to 51.87% of the validly cast ballots.