Carlos Carvajal

Carlos José Carvajal Gallardo (born 1 November 1984) is a Chilean physical education teacher turned politician.

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing the 2nd District in the Tarapacá Region, achieving the first majority in the district in the 2025 parliamentary elections.

Early life and family He was born on 1 November 1984 in Iquique, in the Tarapacá Region. He is the son of Hugo Segundo Carvajal González and Sara del Carmen Gallardo Neira.

He is the brother of José Miguel Carvajal, governor of the Tarapacá Region since 2021. He is married and has two children.

Education and professional career He completed his school education at the Liceo de Huara in the Tarapacá Region. He later graduated as a physical education teacher from the Universidad del Mar, Iquique campus.

He subsequently obtained a master's degree in Physical Activity Management from the Andrés Bello University and a master's degree in Higher Education from the Universidad del Mar.

In 2022 he completed a diploma in Sports Management at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, and also pursued a diploma in education for older adults.

Regarding his professional career, between 2020 and 2022 he served as head of Sports and Recreation at the Municipality of Pozo Almonte. During the same period, between 2021 and 2022, he was a member of the Regional Sports Advisory Council in the Tarapacá Region. He also worked at the National Sports Institute of Chile (IND) and served as communal head of sports for the Tamarugal Province in the Tarapacá Region.

He has worked as a teacher in Huara and Alto Hospicio, and as an academic at Andrés Bello University and the Arturo Prat University.

Political career In the 2021 municipal elections he was elected councillor for the commune of Huara, receiving 300 votes, equivalent to 11.85% of the total votes cast. He ran as an independent candidate supported by the Comunes party.

In the parliamentary elections of 16 November 2025 he ran for deputy for the 2nd District of the Tarapacá Region as an independent candidate supported by the Party for Democracy. He was elected with 33,161 votes, equivalent to 10.40% of the total valid votes cast.