Gastón von Mühlenbrock

Gastón Von Mühlenbrock Zamora (born 26 December 1954) is a Chilean politician who has served as deputy.

Biography He was born in Santiago on 26 December 1954. He is the son of Gastón von Mühlenbrock Lira and Eliana Inés Zamora, and the nephew of former deputy and senator Julio von Mühlenbrock.

He is married to Ingrid Schlatter Vollmann and is the father of two children, Astrid and Sven.

He completed his secondary education at Colegio Luis Campino in Santiago. He pursued higher education at the University of Chile, where he studied Commercial Engineering and obtained a licentiate degree in Business Administration Sciences. He later studied at Universidad Santo Tomás, earning a degree as a Legal Procurator; at Universidad Finis Terrae, where he undertook studies in Law; and at the University for Development, where he completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Professionally, between 1980 and 1983, he worked at the Office of National Planning (ODEPLAN). From 1983 until 1990, he served at the Ministry of the Interior. He later left public service to assume the position of General Manager of the business group “Recreación Agrícola Forestal,” a role he held until 2001.

Political career During his first term as a member of parliament (2002–2006), he joined the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).

In December 2001, he was elected Deputy for District No. 54 of the Los Lagos Region—comprising the communes of Futrono, Lago Ranco, La Unión, Los Lagos, Panguipulli, Paillaco, and Río Bueno—as an independent candidate within the Alliance for Chile pact. He obtained 23,902 votes, equivalent to 31.20% of the total votes cast.

In 2005, he was re-elected for the same district, by then corresponding to the Los Ríos Region, representing the Independent Democratic Union. He obtained 21,751 votes, corresponding to 28.10% of the total votes cast.

In 2009, he was elected for a third consecutive term in the same district, again representing the Independent Democratic Union, with 19,978 votes, equivalent to 25.78% of the total votes cast.

In the parliamentary elections held in November 2013, he ran again as a candidate for District No. 54 representing the Independent Democratic Union but was not elected.

In November 2017, he was elected Deputy for the 24th District of the Los Ríos Region—comprising the communes of Corral, Futrono, Lago Ranco, Lanco, La Unión, Los Lagos, Máfil, Mariquina, Paillaco, Panguipulli, Río Bueno, and Valdivia—representing the Independent Democratic Union as part of the Chile Vamos pact. He obtained 12,542 votes.

In November 2021, he was re-elected for the same district, representing the Independent Democratic Union within the Chile Podemos Más pact. He obtained 13,244 votes, corresponding to 9.20% of the valid votes cast.

He ran for re-election in the parliamentary elections held on 16 November 2025, representing the Independent Democratic Union within the Chile Grande y Unido pact. He was not elected, obtaining 9,632 votes, equivalent to 3.72% of the total votes cast.