Leonardo Soto

Leonardo Enrique Soto Ferrada (born 15 May 1966) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.

Biography Soto was born in San Bernardo on 15 May 1966. He is the son of César Soto Henríquez and Trinidad Ferrada Sarmiento. He is married to Karin Poblete Rebolledo and is the father of two children, Gabriela and Gonzalo.

He completed his primary education at Escuela Municipal Nº 5 de San Bernardo. In 1983, he completed his secondary education at the Liceo de Aplicación in Santiago. He studied Law at the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of the University of Chile and was admitted to practice law on 29 September 1997.

While a law student, he collaborated with the Corporación de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos del Pueblo (CODEPU). After graduating, he practiced law independently, specializing in labor law matters.

Political career He has been a member of the Socialist Party of Chile since 1984.

In 2001, he was elected Provincial President of the Socialist Party of Chile for the Maipo Province. In 2004, he was elected councillor of the Municipality of San Bernardo and was re-elected in 2008, later joining the party’s Central Committee.

In the 2012 municipal elections, he ran as a candidate for Mayor of San Bernardo representing the Socialist Party of Chile. He obtained 25,667 votes, equivalent to 38.92% of the valid votes cast, but was not elected.

In 2012, he was elected Metropolitan Regional President of the Socialist Party of Chile with the highest vote total. Since 2010, he has been a member of the party’s Central Committee.

In the Socialist Party primaries held in August 2013, he secured the nomination to run as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for District No. 30 of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago. In the parliamentary elections held in November 2013, he was elected Deputy with 36,618 votes.

In the parliamentary elections held in November 2017, he was re-elected Deputy representing the Socialist Party of Chile within the La Fuerza de la Mayoría pact for the 14th District of the Metropolitan Region. He obtained 22,170 votes, equivalent to 7.31% of the valid votes cast.

In November 2021, he was re-elected for a second consecutive term as Deputy for the same district, representing the Socialist Party of Chile within the New Social Pact pact. He obtained 20,833 votes, corresponding to 6.39% of the valid votes cast.