Erick Villegas

Erick Alonso Villegas González (born 11 November 1953) is a Chilean politician who served as a deputy.

Biography He was born on 11 November 1953 in Copiapó, the son of Lucio Artemio Villegas Alfaro and Ester González Gallardo. He is married to Jasna Pavlich Núñez and is the father of three children.

He completed his studies at the Liceo Católico Atacama in his hometown. He later studied Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He was admitted as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Chile on 29 December 1980.

Political career He began his political activities at the age of 15, when he joined the Christian Democratic Party.

As a student, he founded and later presided over the Federación Única de Estudiantes Particulares de Atacama. He also led the creation of the Fundación Eduardo Frei Montalva in Copiapó.

In his professional career, he worked as lawyer for the Vicariate of Solidarity.

In the 1993 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for District No. 5—comprising the communes of Chañaral, Diego de Almagro and Copiapó in the Atacama Region—for the 1994–1998 term, representing the Christian Democratic Party, obtaining the highest district majority with 19,090 votes (28.94% of valid votes).

In 1997, he did not seek re-election. In 2001, he ran for the Senate representing the Christian Democratic Party for the Third Circumscription, Atacama Region, but was not elected. In 2005, he made another attempt to return to the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 5, Atacama Region, but was not elected.