Dionisio Faulbaum

Dionisio Ventura Faulbaum Mayorga (born 30 January 1961) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Early life and family Faulbaum was born in Puerto Montt on 30 January 1961. He is the son of Emma Olivia Mayorga Soto and Raúl Arturo Faulbaum Pérez.

In 1991, he married María Jaqueline Santos Andrade, an architect. They have one child.

He completed his primary education at the Escuela de Aplicación attached to the Normal School of Ancud, and his secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres of the same city. In 1980, he entered the University of Concepción, where he obtained the degree of Marine Biologist. He later pursued postgraduate studies in Rural and Regional Development in Israel and Honduras.

After graduating, he worked at a mussel (Mytilidae) cultivation center linked at the time to the National Fisheries Service (SERNAPESCA). He later worked for a non-governmental organization (NGO) as an advisor on aquaculture projects with peasant and fishermen’s organizations.

Political career He began his political activities by joining the movement of Radical university students and simultaneously served as delegate to his faculty’s student council.

A member of the Radical Party of Chile, he held several positions within the party, including delegate to the Committee for Free Elections, secretary general of the party in Ancud, and regional representative to the party’s Regional Council.

He later joined the Human Rights Commission of Ancud and participated in voter registration campaigns in the city.

In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for District No. 58 (Castro, Ancud, Quemchi, Dalcahue, Curaco de Vélez, Quinchao, Puqueldón, Chonchi, Queilén, Hualaihué, Futaleufú, and Palena), Tenth Region, for the 1990–1994 term. He obtained the highest vote total in the district with 18,252 votes (27.39% of the validly cast ballots). In 1993, he did not seek re-election.

After completing his term in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, he worked for three years in his profession at the Undersecretariat of Fisheries. Between 2000 and 2002, he served as chief of staff to the Minister of Agriculture, Jaime Campos.

Between 2002 and 2005, he served, on an interim basis, as Director of the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG). He has also worked as legislative coordinator and advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture.