Bernardo Salinas

Bernardo Salinas Maya (born 20 November 1964) is a Chilean public administrator and politician who serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.

Early life and family He was born in Santiago on 20 November 1964. He is the son of Belisario Salinas Jorquera, a member of the Communist Party of Chile, and Grimaldina de Jesús Maya. He is an agricultural engineer, with studies validated at the University of Chile in 1993. serving until 2018 as regional government spokesperson and coordinator of the executive branch's communication and public policy strategy.

In the parliamentary elections of 16 November 2025 he ran for deputy for the 5th District of the Coquimbo Region (communes of Andacollo, Canela, Combarbalá, Coquimbo, Illapel, La Higuera, La Serena, Los Vilos, Monte Patria, Ovalle, Paihuano, Punitaqui, Río Hurtado, Salamanca, and Vicuña), as an independent candidate supported by the Communist Party of Chile within the Unidad por Chile coalition. He was elected with 3,802 votes, equivalent to 0.82% of the total valid votes cast.