José Makluf

José Makluf Campos (born 20 July 1942) is a Chilean politician who served as a deputy.

Biography He was born on 20 June 1942, the son of José Juan Makluf Campos and Josefina Campos Nazal. He married María Isabel Freig Briones and has four children.

He completed his primary education at the Sagrados Corazones de Viña del Mar and his secondary education at the Liceo Guillermo Rivera in Viña del Mar. After finishing school, he entered the University of Chile, Valparaíso campus, where he qualified as a lawyer in 1962.

Political career He began his political activities during his student years. In 1959, he was elected president of the Student Center of his high school, and the following year assumed the vice-presidency of the Secondary Students Federation of Valparaíso.

During his university years, he held several leadership positions. In 1962, he joined the university branch of the Christian Democratic Party, serving as its president and also presiding over the Federation of Students of his university. In 1964, he was appointed councillor of the Unión de Federaciones Universitarias de Chile and served as Guild Officer of the Christian Democratic Youth (JDC), also holding the position of provincial president.

After qualifying as a lawyer, he continued to develop political functions within his party. Between 1964 and 1973, he served as delegate to the National Board. In 1965, he was elected National Councillor of the Christian Democratic Youth, and in 1969 was appointed Communal Vice-President.

Professionally, between 1972 and 1973, he practiced law independently, advising multiple organizations, trade, housing and neighborhood cooperatives. In 1980, he was elected President of Neighborhood Unit No. 18 “Hospital”, a position he held until 1987. He later again assumed the communal presidency of his party in Viña del Mar for two years, until 1993. Between 1991 and 1993, he was elected President of the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia and served as national Vice-President of the Professionals and Technicians Front of his party in his region. In 1993, he again served as delegate to the National Board.