Daniel Valenzuela Salazar

Daniel Elias Valenzuela Salazar (born 16 March 1980) is a Chilean politician elected as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 2026–2030 legislative term.

He was elected in the 2025 parliamentary elections with a seat in the LVII Legislative Period. Valenzuela Salazar ran in the Chilean parliamentary election, 2025 and was elected as Deputy for the 2026–2030 term. His election positioned him among the new parliamentary representatives entering the Chamber in the 57th Legislative Period.

Biography He was born in Purén on March 16, 1980. His parents are Samuel Valenzuela Nova, a furniture maker, and María Jesús Salazar Calisto. He has two children.

He is a naval engineer from the Universidad Austral de Chile. After graduating, he engaged in business activities.

In recent years, he has been involved in various causes, traveling across the Los Ríos Region, highlighting the poor condition of roads and denouncing the lack of management and concern from the Directorate of Highways, among other issues affecting local communities.

Political career He was a student leader while studying Naval Engineering at the Universidad Austral de Chile.

He ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 24th District of the Los Ríos Region in the elections of November 16, 2025, as an independent candidate within a quota of National Renewal, under the Chile Grande y Unido coalition. He was elected with 15,031 votes, equivalent to 5.81% of the total.