Germán Verdugo

José Germán Verdugo Soto (born 5 October 1948) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Early life and family He was born on 5 October 1948 in Talca, the son of Juan de Dios Segundo Verdugo Morales and María Ester Soto Moya.

He is married to Pía Verónica Varoli Muñóz and is the father of four children: Pía, Germán, Javiera, and Pablo Lorenzo.

Professional career He completed his primary education at Escuela Básica de Pelarco and his secondary education at Liceo Blanco Encalada (now Colegio De La Salle) in Talca, graduating in 1964. He pursued higher education in Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, obtaining the title of lawyer in 1975.

Professionally, between 1976 and 1977, he practiced law independently. In 1977, he began working at the Municipality of Talca as a lawyer in the Legal Department. Between 1979 and 1989, he served as municipal secretary of the same municipality. At the same time, he worked at the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile.

Political career In 1989, he was appointed mayor of Talca, serving until 1992.

In the 1993 elections, he ran as an independent candidate (List B, Alianza por Chile) for deputy representing Talca but was not elected.

In the 1996 municipal elections, he was elected independent mayor of Talca (List D, UDI and Independents sub-pact). He was re-elected in 2000. During his two terms as mayor, he promoted significant projects in road paving, sewerage systems, sanitary landfill construction, municipal school building, and the beginning of the works for the Teatro Regional del Maule.

In the 2004 municipal elections, he ran for a third term but was not elected.

He was a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and later joined National Renewal (Chile) (RN), which offered him a candidacy for deputy, replacing physician Francisco Claver. He accepted the offer and changed his party affiliation accordingly. On 6 May 2016, he resigned from National Renewal.