Marcos Ilabaca Cerda

Marcos Artemio Ilabaca Cerda (born 5 October 1970) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.

Family and early life He was born in Santiago on 5 October 1970, the son of Artemio Segundo Ilabaca Valenzuela and Genoveva del Carmen Cerda Canales.

He is married to Marisol Lovera Muñoz and has three children.

Professional life He completed his secondary education at the Liceo Comercial A-26 in Temuco.

In 1992, he enrolled in law at the Austral University of Chile, earning his law degree on 29 April 2002. He is also a certified accountant from the Eduardo Frei Montalva Higher Institute of Commerce.

Between 2006 and 2007, he completed a master’s degree in Management and Public Policy at the Adolfo Ibáñez University.

He served as legal advisor to the Municipality of Máfil, in the Los Ríos Region.

Political career He is a member of the Socialist Party of Chile and serves as its regional president in the Los Ríos Region.

He served as a municipal councillor of Valdivia for three consecutive terms (2004–2008, 2008–2012 and 2012–2016). In the 2004 municipal election, he obtained 6,347 votes (11.73% of the total). In 2008, he received 4,730 votes (8.61%), and in the 2012 municipal election he obtained 3,977 votes, corresponding to 27.93% of the votes cast.

In the 2016 municipal elections, he ran for mayor of Valdivia but was not elected, after obtaining 17,058 votes, equivalent to 43.73% of the total votes cast.

In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile on the “La Fuerza de la Mayoría” list, representing the Socialist Party of Chile for the 24th electoral district of the Los Ríos Region, which comprises the communes of Corral, Futrono, La Unión, Lago Ranco, Lanco, Los Lagos, Máfil, Mariquina, Paillaco, Panguipulli, Río Bueno and Valdivia, for the 2018–2022 legislative term. He obtained 15,739 votes, corresponding to 11.29% of the valid votes cast.

In August 2021, he ran for re-election for the same district. In the November elections, he was re-elected under the New Social Pact coalition, representing the Socialist Party of Chile, with 35,586 votes, corresponding to 24.72% of the valid votes cast, the highest vote share in the district.