Luis Fernando Sánchez

Early life and family He was born in Punta Arenas on 4 October 1988. He is married to María del Pilar, with whom he has one daughter and three sons.

Education and professional career He completed his primary and secondary schooling in various institutions, including Colegio Lirima in Iquique and Princess Anne High School in Virginia, United States, from which he graduated in 2006.

He later studied law at the Adolfo Ibáñez University and qualified as a lawyer on 23 January 2014. He subsequently completed a master's degree in Regulatory Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

In his professional practice, he has worked in the public sector as Regional Prosecutor (Santiago Metropolitan Region) for the Legal Department of the Ministry of Public Works between 2018 and 2022, and in the private sector as a legal adviser to various companies.

He has also contributed opinion columns to El Mercurio de Valparaíso and the digital outlet El Líbero.

Political career His political involvement has focused on projects aimed at civic education and public engagement. He is the founder and director of the civic-education platform Charlas Constitucionales.

In June 2019, he took part in the founding of the Republican Party of Chile (REP). The following year, he announced a pre-candidacy for the Constitutional Convention in the 7th District, which did not ultimately materialise.

In the 2021 parliamentary election, he ran for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies representing REP within the Christian Social Front coalition, standing for the 7th District, which comprises the communes of Viña del Mar, Algarrobo, Valparaíso, Cartagena, Casablanca, Concón, San Antonio, El Quisco, El Tabo, Rapa Nui, Juan Fernández and Santo Domingo in the Valparaíso Region.

He was elected in November with 16,376 votes, equivalent to 4.59% of the valid ballots cast.