Rodolfo Seguel

Rodolfo Seguel Molina (born 20 September 1953) is a Chilean politician and trade unionist who served as parliamentary. He is a historic member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).

Biography He was born on 20 September 1953 in Rancagua, Chile. He married Griselda Gallegos and is the father of one daughter and two sons.

Professional career He completed his secondary education at the Liceo de Hombres de Rancagua. After finishing school, he attended numerous training and professional development seminars, particularly in the field of trade unionism.

In 1974 he began working as an employee at the El Teniente Division of Codelco, remaining there until 1983.

Political career In 1982 he became a leader of the Professional Union of Caletones. The following year he joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) and was dismissed from his job due to his role in organizing the first strike of copper workers. He was elected president of the Confederation of Copper Workers (1983–1986) and later president of the National Command of Copper Workers (until 1987).

He was imprisoned on several occasions during protests against the military government. In 1983 he traveled to Europe at the invitation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), meeting labor and political leaders in Germany. As a union leader, he held two private audiences with Pope John Paul II and was invited by Lech Wałęsa as the only Latin American union representative to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

In the 1989 parliamentary elections he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for District No. 28 (Lo Espejo, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, and San Miguel) in the Metropolitan Region, serving from 1990 to 1994. He was re-elected in 1993, 1997, and again in 2001, completing four consecutive terms in the Chamber.

In December 2013 he was elected Regional Councillor (CORE) for the Metropolitan Region (Santiago VI South constituency), assuming office in March 2014. He resigned in November 2016 to run in the newly created District No. 13. In the 2017 parliamentary elections he sought election to the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 13 but was not elected.