Exequiel Silva

Exequiel Silva Ortíz (born 13 October 1963) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Among other roles, in 1992 he served as Vice President of the “Corporación de Menores de Calle” and as Director of the Corporación de Promoción Social de Valdivia. In 1993, he was appointed Vice President of the professional football club Real Valdivia, third division.

Biography He was born in Santiago on 13 October 1963, the son of María Ortiz Varas and Arturo Silva Flores.

He completed his primary and secondary education at Liceo Leonardo Murialdo in Santiago. He later entered the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences at the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia, where he obtained the degree of Veterinary Surgeon in 1988.

Political career His political career began during his university years, when he was elected Vice President (1984–1985) and later President (1985–1986) of the Student Center of his program. In 1987, he became president of the Christian Democratic University movement.

In 1988, he served as coordinator of the campaign for the “No” option in the plebiscite of 5 October 1988. He later became Provincial Vice President of the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party (DC) and represented the party leadership in the executive committee of the senatorial campaign of Gabriel Valdés.

In December 1990, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Provincial Government of Valdivia, leaving the post to run for deputy. He was also appointed delegate to the National Council of the DC and served as Provincial Vice President of the party in Valdivia between 1992 and 1993.

In the 1993 parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy for District No. 53, X Region of Los Lagos, for the 1994–1998 term. He was re-elected in December 1997 (1998–2002) and again in December 2001 (2002–2006) for the same district.

After losing re-election in 2005 for the 2006–2010 term, he ran again in 2009 for District No. 53, but was not elected.

In March 2014, he was hired as an advisor to the Minister of Education of President Michelle Bachelet, Nicolás Eyzaguirre, supporting, among other matters, the educational reform in the National Congress.

On 11 January 2021, he registered his candidacy for the Constitutional Convention representing the Christian Democratic Party for the 24th District, Los Ríos Region.