Tomás De Rementería Venegas

Tomás Eguzki de Rementería Venegas (born 17 January 1987) is a Chilean politician who has serves as parliamentary.

Biography He was born on 17 March 1987 in Viña del Mar. He is the son of businessman and city councillor of Viña del Mar (2004–2016, 2021–2024) Juan Tomás De Rementería Durand and María Venegas López. His father was a founding member of the Party for Democracy (PPD) in 1987. He is the father of three children, one daughter and two sons. The mother of his youngest son is deputy Karol Cariola.

Rementería completed his primary and secondary education at the Alliance Française School and at San Patricio English School, both in Viña del Mar. He later studied Law at the Gabriela Mistral University, where he obtained a degree in Legal and Social Sciences. He was admitted to the bar on 25 November 2016. He holds a Master’s degree in Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France (2018–2019). His master’s thesis was titled La légitimité du pouvoir constituant originaire. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Public Law at the same university.

In his professional practice, he has worked on regulatory matters, natural resources, and environmental law, particularly in the defense against the indiscriminate use of water rights and the extraction of aggregates in the Maipo and Aconcagua rivers.

Between 2015 and 2018, he served as Legal Advisor at the General Directorate of Water within the Ministry of Public Works.

He has worked as a professor at the Central University of Chile and at the University of Tarapacá. He has also been a researcher at the Institute of Legal and Philosophical Studies of the Sorbonne and a lecturer in Public Law at the Sorbonne Law School, Paris 1 University, France. Additionally, he has worked as a political columnist for the website of Radio Cooperativa.

Political career Rementería began his political career in the Party for Democracy (PPD), serving as a member of its Central Directorate in 2008 and as Deputy Secretary for International Relations. He was a founder and coordinator of the political reflection circle and action group “La Brújula”.

During the process of drafting a new Constitution, he collaborated with the Socialist Collective of the Constitutional Convention.

In August 2021, he ran as an independent candidate for the Chamber of Deputies, endorsed by the Socialist Party within the New Social Pact coalition, representing the 7th District of the Valparaíso Region for the 2022–2026 term. In the parliamentary elections held on 21 November 2021, he was elected with 5,817 votes, corresponding to 1.63% of the valid votes cast.

On 27 December 2021, he formally joined the Socialist Party, according to certification from the Electoral Service. In 2023, he served as campaign manager for former deputy Marcelo Schilling, a candidate of the Unidad para Chile list for the Constitutional Council in the Valparaíso Region.

On 16 April 2025, the Political Committee of the Socialist Party ratified him to fill the seat vacated by Senator Isabel Allende, who had been removed from office by the Constitutional Court.

He ran for re-election in the parliamentary elections held on 16 November 2025, representing the Socialist Party within the Unidad por Chile coalition. He was not elected, obtaining 19,929 votes, equivalent to 3.56% of the valid votes cast.