Carlos Dupré

Carlos Dupré Silva (born 12 January 1944) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Biography He was born in Santiago on 12 January 1944. He married Marta Bueno Rivas and has four children.

He completed his primary and secondary education at the Liceo Juan Bosco in Santiago. After finishing school, he studied law at the University of Chile.

Political career He began his political activities in 1963 when he was elected president of the Christian Democratic Youth (JDC) in the commune of La Reina, a position he held until 1965. Within his party, the Christian Democratic Party, he held various positions, including delegate to the National Board and, in 1989, member of the International Secretariat.

During the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva, he served as president of the Empresa de Agua Potable de Santiago and of the pension fund for its employees. He also worked as professor of Foreign Trade.

He was regidor and later mayor of La Reina, serving two consecutive terms between 1968 and 1972. In that capacity, he was elected by mayors nationwide as Secretary-General of the Confederation of Municipalities of Chile.

In 1998, he was appointed Ambassador of Chile to Nicaragua, serving until 2002.

In the 2005 parliamentary elections, he ran as candidate for deputy for District No. 33—comprising the communes of Codegua, Coinco, Coltauco, Doñihue, Graneros, Machalí, Malloa, Mostazal, Olivar, Quinta de Tilcoco, Rengo and Requínoa—but was not elected.