Guillermo Yunge

Guillermo Yunge Bustamante (born 26 December 1953) is a Chilean politician who served as a deputy and ambassador.

Biography He was born on 26 September 1953 in Santiago, the son of Guillermo Yunge Taulis and Graciela del Tránsito Bustamante. He is married to Marisol Chévez Hidalgo, a Costa Rican national.

He completed his secondary education at Liceos No. 10 of Santiago, No. 12 of La Granja and No. 13 of Conchalí, in Santiago. He pursued higher education at the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile, where he obtained a degree in Legal and Social Sciences. He was subsequently admitted as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Chile.

Political career He began his political activities during his secondary school years by joining the Christian Democratic Party, eventually becoming president of the Federación de Estudiantes Secundarios de Santiago (FESES).

His political activities were closely linked to human rights movements. In 1977, he led some of the first demonstrations in Santiago against the military government and General Augusto Pinochet. He became founding president of the Comisión de Derechos Juveniles and provided professional services on numerous occasions to the Vicariate of Solidarity. In 1978, he was relegated by the military government to Chapiquiña, near the border with Bolivia.

In 1989, he was elected Deputy representing the Christian Democratic Party for District No. 29, Santiago Metropolitan Region, for the 1990–1994 term.

He was also appointed President of the Unión Internacional de Jóvenes Demócrata Cristianos (UIJDC).

He later served as Ambassador of Chile to Costa Rica between 2000 and 2004, during the government of President Ricardo Lagos.