Henry Leal

Henry Leal Bizama (born 16 December 1972) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.

Family and early life He was born in Carahue, in the La Araucanía Region, on 16 September 1972, the son of José Herminio Leal Vega and Rosa Inés Lizama Peña.

Professional life He completed his primary education at the Mission School of the Pancul sector in Carahue. He is a lawyer from the Austral University of Chile, specialising in administrative law, and holds a master’s degree in economics as well as a master’s degree in regional management.

In the exercise of his profession, he has served as a legal advisor to municipalities and public institutions.

Political career He has accumulated nearly three decades of experience in public service. In 1996, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Carahue as a candidate of the Party of the South.

As a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), he served as regional councillor of the La Araucanía Region between 2012 and 2016, during which time he also held the presidency of the Regional Council. In the 2013 regional councillor elections, he obtained the highest vote share in his district, with 13,095 votes, representing 9.07% of the valid votes cast.

He also served as a national councillor of the UDI and was a member of the party’s political committee.

In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he ran for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile but was not elected.

From 2018, he served as Regional Secretary of the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) in the La Araucanía Region. He resigned from this position in order to run for Congress, officially launching his campaign on 23 August 2021, following requests from local mayors, councillors and social leaders to take on the challenge of parliamentary representation.

In the parliamentary elections held on 21 November 2021, he was elected deputy for the 23rd electoral district of the La Araucanía Region—comprising the communes of Carahue, Cholchol, Cunco, Curarrehue, Freire, Gorbea, Loncoche, Nueva Imperial, Padre Las Casas, Pitrufquén, Pucón, Saavedra, Temuco, Teodoro Schmidt, Toltén and Villarrica—representing the Independent Democratic Union within the Chile Podemos Más coalition. He obtained 17,973 votes, equivalent to 7.47% of the valid votes cast.

In the parliamentary elections held on 16 November 2025, he was a candidate for the Senate in the 11th senatorial constituency of the La Araucanía Region, representing the Independent Democratic Union within the Chile Grande y Unido coalition. He was not elected, obtaining 56,239 votes, equivalent to 8.60% of the valid votes cast.