Valentín Solís Cabezas

Valentín Solís Cabezas (born 24 November 1959) is a Chilean politician who served as a deputy.

Biography He was born in Coyhaique on 24 November 1959. He married Georgette Olave and is the father of two daughters.

He completed his primary education at Colegio Mater Dei of Coyhaique and his secondary education at Liceo San Felipe Benicio of the same city. After finishing school, he entered the University of Chile, Ñuble campus, where he qualified as Public Accountant.

In the private sector, between 1985 and 1989, he served as accountant in charge of the Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) in the Ninth Region; between 1989 and 1990, he held the same position at Sociedad Distribuidora Austral Gas S.A. He was also founding partner of the Agricultural and Livestock Trade Association “Río Emperador Guillermo.”

Political career He began his political activities as member of the Union of the Centrist Center (UCC), from which he resigned on 20 December 1993 after being elected deputy, assuming office as an independent.

In the 1993 parliamentary elections, he was elected Deputy for District No. 59 —comprising the communes of Coyhaique, Lago Verde, Aysén, Cisnes, Guaitecas, Chile Chico, Río Ibáñez, Cochrane, O'Higgins and Tortel in the Aysén Region— for the 1994–1998 term, obtaining 8,318 votes (21.91% of valid votes).

On 30 October 1996, he requested the lifting of his parliamentary immunity before the Third Criminal Court of Valparaíso, in relation to a judicial process concerning alleged drug trafficking and consumption in the National Congress; however, the Full Court of the Court of Appeals of Valparaíso unanimously rejected the request.

In the 2017 Regional Council elections, he ran in the Aysén Region, Province of Coyhaique, on the list of National Renewal, but was not elected. In December 2020, he assumed office as Regional Councillor of Aysén, replacing Marcia Raphael Mora, serving until 2022 and joining the Social, Cultural and Sports Development Commission.