Osvaldo Urrutia

Osvaldo Alejandro Nicanor Urrutia Soto (born 28 November 1951) is a Chilean civil engineer who currently serves as deputy.

Early life and education Urrutia was born in Concepción, Chile, on November 28, 1951. He is the son of José Luis Osvaldo Urrutia González and Marina Victoria Soto Pellizzari. He is married to María Eugenia Silva Ferrer.

He completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio de La Salle. He later studied Construction Engineering and Civil Construction at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV). He completed a diploma in Business Administration at the same institution.

He is also a graduate of the National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE) and holds a Master’s degree in Regional Urban Projects and Human Security, a program delivered jointly by the University of Viña del Mar and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Professional career Between 1990 and 2005, Urrutia served as director of DUOC Professional Institute at its Valparaíso and Viña del Mar campuses.

From August 2010 to September 2013, he was a member of the board of directors of the Valparaíso Port Company (Empresa Portuaria de Valparaíso, EPV).

He has also worked as an opinion columnist for the newspaper El Mercurio de Valparaíso.

Political career Between 1983 and July 1989, Urrutia served as mayor of the Municipality of Puchuncaví.

Beginning in 2005, he worked as director of the Communal Secretariat of Planning (SECPLA) of Viña del Mar. He left this position to pursue a candidacy for the Chamber of Deputies in the 2013 parliamentary elections.

In the parliamentary elections of 2013, he was elected deputy for District No. 14 of the Valparaíso Region, representing the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), for the 2014–2018 legislative period. He obtained 38,005 votes, equivalent to 26.44 percent of the validly cast ballots. His election followed the decision of former deputy Edmundo Eluchans not to seek re-election.

In the parliamentary elections of November 2017, he was re-elected as deputy for the new 7th District of the Valparaíso Region, representing the UDI within the Chile Vamos coalition. He obtained 18,198 votes, corresponding to 5.65 percent of the valid votes.

He did not seek re-election in the parliamentary elections of November 2021.

Urrutia has served as president of the Independent Democratic Union in the Valparaíso Region. In 2023, he acted as campaign manager for former deputy Edmundo Eluchans, candidate for the Constitutional Council in the Valparaíso Region.

In the regional elections held on October 26 and 27, 2024, he was elected Regional Councillor for Valparaíso (Valparaíso I constituency), representing the Independent Democratic Union, obtaining 7.73 percent of the validly cast votes.