Marcela Peredo

Marcela Inés Peredo Rojas (born 26 May 1980) is a Chilean lawyer, academic and university professor. Independent with the sponsorship of Chile Vamos, she was a member of the Expert Commission that drafted the preliminary text for the 2023 Chilean constitutional process.

Since January 2024, she has served as a minister of the Constitutional Court of Chile, designated by the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.

Biography

Early life and education She was born in Curepto, Maule Region, in 1980. She studied law at the University of Talca, qualifying as a lawyer. She later earned a master’s degree in Public Law with a specialization in Constitutional Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2009), and a master’s in Legal Research at the University of the Andes (2013).

On 21 December 2016, she received her PhD in Law from the University of the Andes with a thesis entitled El margen de apreciación del legislador en las sentencias del Tribunal Constitucional chileno: test de margen proporcionado.

Professional career Between 2016 and 2021, she was a research academic at the Autonomous University of Chile, where she also coordinated the PhD program in Law (2018–2019).

In January 2024, she was appointed minister of the Constitutional Court of Chile, in one of the seats designated by the Chamber of Deputies.