Juan Morano Cornejo

Juan Enrique Morano Cornejo (born 3 December 1952) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Early life and family

He was born on 10 September 1952 in Punta Arenas, the son of Juan León Morano Dey and Alicia Cornejo Elgueta.

He is married to Patricia Büchner Herrero and is the father of four children.

Professional career He completed his primary and secondary education at Liceo Salesiano San José and Instituto Don Bosco in Punta Arenas, graduating in 1969. He studied one year of a Licentiate in Mathematics at the Austral University of Chile in Valdivia. In 1974, he qualified as an Industrial Processes Technician at the Technical University of the State (UTE), Punta Arenas campus, with a thesis entitled "Liquid and Gas Chromatography".

Between 1972 and 1979, he worked as a Mathematics teacher at Liceos Luis Alberto Barrera and Salesiano San José, as well as at Instituto Don Bosco, Sagrada Familia and Punta Arenas. Between 1972 and 1974, he also taught at the UTE, Punta Arenas campus.

From 1976 to 1978, he was a Mathematics teacher in the distance education system of the Ministry of Education. He later worked as a general insurance adjuster and subsequently as a general insurance broker between 1979 and 1980.

In 1980, he became partner and manager of Aster Limitada, while also engaging in the general insurance brokerage sector. In 1986, he became partner and commercial manager of Bozzo y Compañía Limitada, becoming majority partner in 1993 and serving as commercial manager until 2000.

Political career In 1968, he joined the Youth of the Christian Democratic Party (Chile) (JDC). In 1970, he became base chief of the Christian Democratic university group in the Mathematics program at the Austral University of Chile and was elected president of the student center, serving until 1971. In 1972, after relocating to Punta Arenas, he was elected president of the student center at the Technical University of the State.

As a member of the JDC in Punta Arenas, between 1972 and 1978 he served as president, regional counselor in Magallanes, and delegate to national assemblies. As a member of the Christian Democratic Party, between 1979 and 1990 he served as regional secretary general in Magallanes, head of the training department, coordinator for poll watchers during the 1988 plebiscite and 1989 presidential election, and general representative before the electoral board and counting commission of Magallanes.

Between 1996 and 2000, he presided over the Christian Democratic Party in Magallanes and served as national counselor from 1997 to 2000.

Between 1990 and 1994, he was Regional Ministerial Secretary of Government in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region. From 1991 to 1994, he was Chile’s coordinator of the Austral Integration Borders Committee and, in 1993, directed the Regional Government and Decentralization Program.

In 1996, he was elected councilor of the Municipality of Punta Arenas representing the Christian Democratic Party. In 2000, he was elected mayor of Punta Arenas, serving two consecutive terms until 2008. During his tenure, he was president of the Magallanes regional chapter of the Chilean Association of Municipalities, vice president for the Americas of the Club of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World, and member of the high-level committee of the World Association of Digital Cities.

In the elections of 26 and 27 October 2024, he was elected Regional Councilor for Magallanes (Magallanes constituency) representing the Christian Democratic Party, obtaining 4.21% of the valid votes cast.