Diego Vergara Rodríguez

Diego Alfonso Vergara Rodríguez (born 26 March 1976) is a Chilean politician who serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Early life and family Vergara was born in Paine on 26 March 1976. His parents are Víctor Vergara Carvajal and María Rodríguez Meneses. He is married and the father of three children.

He is an aquaculture engineer from the Andrés Bello National University. He has served as director of the Maipo Farmers Association.

Vergara is the owner of the company Comercializadora VM SpA, a firm created in 2020 dedicated to the purchase, sale and distribution of construction materials, hardware supplies and machinery rental, among other activities.

Political career He was formerly a member of National Renewal (RN).

His first elected office was obtained in 2004, when in the municipal elections of that year he was elected municipal councillor of Paine representing National Renewal with 1,984 votes (9.82%).

He was later elected mayor of Paine for three consecutive terms (2008–2021), also representing National Renewal. In the 2008 municipal elections he obtained 11,943 votes (53.08%), in 2012 he received 13,484 votes (62.19%), and in 2016 he obtained 12,925 votes (71.31%).

He later joined the Republican Party of Chile.

In the parliamentary elections of 16 November 2025 he ran for the Chamber of Deputies representing the 14th District of the Santiago Metropolitan Region as a candidate of the Republican Party within the Cambio por Chile coalition. He was elected with 45,503 votes, equivalent to 7.90% of the total votes cast, for the 2026–2030 legislative period.