Cristián Campos Jara

Carlos Cristian Campos Jara (born 18 November 1972) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

In June 2006, he was selected as one of the 100 Leaders of Today for the Chile of Tomorrow, a list developed and published by El Sábado of El Mercurio and the Strategic Leadership Center of the Adolfo Ibáñez University. He is the partner of Karen Cortés Cisternas and is the father of two children: Francisca and Carlos Cristian.

He completed his primary education at the México School of Talcahuano and his secondary education at the Inmaculada Concepción School in the same city. He studied Journalism at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the San Sebastián University, graduating in 2000.

He later pursued further higher education at the same institution, graduating in 2006 as a commercial engineer from its Faculty of Engineering and Technology.

Political career In 1996, he began his political involvement in the Party for Democracy (PPD), collaborating with Talcahuano councillor Marcelo Rivera. He served as a national councillor and regional party leader until 2006. From 2000 onward, he has advised candidates in electoral campaigns.

Between February 2000 and December 2001, he worked as Regional Manager of the Zonaempresas.cl Programme. From 2002 to 2004, he worked at the Social Solidarity and Investment Fund (FOSIS) of the Biobío Region as a local development agent for the communes of Coronel, Lota, Lebu and Talcahuano.

In December 2004, he assumed the position of Municipal Administrator of the newly created commune of Hualpén, a post he held until October 2009, during which he served on several occasions as acting mayor.

In 2008, he was elected by absolute majority as district president of the Party for Democracy (Talcahuano and Hualpén), a position he has continued to hold.