Mario Vargas Vidal
Mario Vargas Vidal | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 25th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1963 |
| Party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Biologist |
Mario Vargas Vidal (born 7 February 1963) is a Chilean teacher and politician of the Socialist Party of Chile.[1]
He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 25th electoral district of the Los Lagos Region.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Vargas was born on 7 February 1963.[1] He is the son of Aníbal Vargas and Blanca Hilda Vidal Catalán.[1] He is married to Julia María Flores Cortés and has three children.[1]
He is a trained teacher.[1] He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the Metropolitan Technological University (UTEM) and later earned a Master’s degree in Educational Management from the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences (UMCE).[1]
Until his election as a constituent convention member, he worked professionally as a school counselor at Liceo Eleuterio Ramírez in Osorno.[1]
Political career
[edit]Vargas is a member of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS).[1] He has an extensive background in social and community work in the Los Lagos Region.[1] He was a founder of the Red Infancia Osorno, a co-founder of the Water Movement, a co-founder of the Unidos Social Movement, a collaborator of the Osorno communal environmental network, and president of the organization of lay men and women of Osorno.[1]
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, he ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 25th electoral district of the Los Lagos Region as part of the Lista del Apruebo electoral pact, receiving 5,817 votes (5.8% of the validly cast votes).[1]