Joel Rosales

Joel Rosales Guzmán (born 12 January 1955) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Early life and family He was born on 12 January 1955 in Chillán.

He is married to Yasna Quezada Valdebenito, who has served as a councilor of Los Ángeles since 2012. They have one son, Joel.

He studied Business Administration.

Political career He served as Regional Director of the Youth Secretariat. In 1981, he assumed the position of Director of Community Development at the Municipality of Los Ángeles, a role he held until 1987.

Between 1987 and 1989, he was appointed mayor of the Municipality of Laja during the military government. During his administration, he promoted urban improvement projects, including the creation of sewerage systems, covering of ditches, environmental rehabilitation, and the establishment of a special education school for the commune.

In 1992, he was elected councilor of the Municipality of Los Ángeles, serving three consecutive terms until 2004. That same year, he was elected mayor for the period 2004–2008 and was re-elected for a second term until 2012. In May 2011, he relinquished the mayoralty to Councilor Eduardo Borgoño (UDI) after assuming office as a deputy, replacing Juan Lobos Krause, who had died while in office.

In the parliamentary elections of November 2013, he ran as a candidate for deputy for District No. 47, Biobío Region, representing the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), but was not elected.

In 2015, he resigned from the Independent Democratic Union and announced his intention to return to the mayoralty of Los Ángeles, choosing to run as an independent candidate in the municipal primary organized by the Chile Vamos coalition in the commune. In the primary election held on 19 June 2016, he was defeated, obtaining 1,115 votes (13.25% of the total). Following this result, he announced his retirement from politics to focus on his businesses.

Parliamentary service (2010–2014) He joined the Chamber of Deputies of Chile as the replacement for Juan Lobos Krause, who died in office in a traffic accident on 11 April 2011. On 4 May 2011, he assumed office as deputy for the Biobío Region, District No. 47, comprising the communes of Alto Biobío, Antuco, Laja, Los Ángeles, Mulchén, Nacimiento, Negrete, Quilaco, Quilleco, San Rosendo, Santa Bárbara, and Tucapel.