Jorge Guzmán Zepeda

Jorge Guzmán Zepeda (born 11 June 1985) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.

Family and early life He was born in Santiago on 11 June 1985, the son of Jorge Roberto Guzmán Weston and María Fernanda Zepeda Varela.

Professional life He completed his secondary education at the Marta Donoso Espejo High School in the commune of Talca in 2002.

In 2003, he enrolled in the law programme at the University of Talca, qualifying as a lawyer on 4 December 2009.

He has practised law independently in the city of Talca. As a founding partner of the law firm Cárcamo & Guzmán, his professional work has focused primarily on public law (administrative law), as well as on family law and children’s rights, particularly through the Office for the Protection of Children’s Rights in the commune of San Javier.

Between 2010 and 2017, he served as a lawyer for the Regional Government of the Maule Region.

Political career He is a member of Political Evolution (Evópoli). In 2016, he was elected councillor for the commune of Talca, serving in that position until 2018, when he was appointed Regional Ministerial Secretary of Government (Seremi) for the Maule Region.

In the parliamentary elections held on 21 November 2021, he was elected deputy for the 17th electoral district of the Maule Region, comprising the communes of Constitución, Curepto, Curicó, Empedrado, Hualañé, Licantén, Maule, Molina, Pelarco, Pencahue, Rauco, Río Claro, Romeral, Sagrada Familia, San Clemente, San Rafael, Talca, Teno and Vichuquén. He was elected representing Political Evolution within the Chile Podemos Más coalition for the 2018–2022 legislative term, obtaining 12,701 votes, equivalent to 5.26% of the valid votes cast.