Álvaro Carter

Álvaro Jorge Carter Fernández (born 9 October 1980) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.

Biography He was born in Santiago, on 9 October 1980. He is the son of Jorge Carter Caneo and Gloria Fernández Cruz, and the brother of Rodolfo Carter, former mayor of the commune of La Florida.

He completed his primary and secondary education at Liceo Salesiano Camilo Ortúzar Montt, graduating in 1999.

He holds a degree in Industrial Design from Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello.

Political career In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing the 12th District—comprising the communes of La Florida, La Pintana, Pirque, Puente Alto, and San José de Maipo in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago—as an independent candidate affiliated with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) within the Chile Vamos coalition. He was elected with 27,491 votes, corresponding to 7.88% of the valid votes cast.

He was a member of the Independent Democratic Union until July 2020, when he resigned from the party after voting in favor of the bill authorizing the withdrawal of 10% of pension funds from the AFP system and being referred to the party’s Supreme Tribunal.

In August 2021, he ran for re-election in the 12th District. In November, he was re-elected as an independent candidate on a UDI list within the Chile Podemos Más coalition, obtaining 31,096 votes, corresponding to 7.93% of the valid votes cast.

Since March 2025, he has been a member of the Republican Party of Chile.