Jorge Tarud

Jorge Tarud
Jorge Tarud
Ambassador of Chile to Belgium
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 May 2026
President	José Antonio Kast
Preceded by	Gloria Navarrete
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
	In office; 11 March 2002 – 11 March 2018
Preceded by	Jaime Naranjo
Succeeded by	District dissolved
Constituency	18th District
Ambassador of Chile in China
	In office; 2000–2001
Preceded by	Octavio Errázuriz
Succeeded by	Pablo Cabrera Gaete
Ambassador of Chile in Australia
	In office; 1994–2000
Ambassador of Chile in Saudi Arabia
	In office; 1990–1994
Personal details
Born	19 July 1953 (age 73); Santiago, Chile
Party	Democrats (2022–); Party for Democracy (1987–2022);
Spouse	Dominique Kuborn Viselé
Children	Jean-Paul Tarud Kuborn; Jean Christophe Tarud Kuborn
Parent(s)	Rafael Tarud; Hélène Daccaret
Alma mater	University of Chile (LL.B)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Jorge Carlos Tarud Daccarett (born 19 July 1953) is a Chilean politician, militant from Party for Democracy (PPD). Since May 2026 he serves as Ambassador of Chile to Belgium.

On 28 October 2020, he run into the primaries of his party for being presidential pre-candidate.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography

Tarud was born on 19 July 1953 in Santiago, Chile.^[5] He is the son of Helene Daccarett Mobarec and Rafael Tarud, former senator for the Sixth Provincial Grouping, former Minister of State and presidential pre-candidate in the 1970 election.^[5]

On 17 March 1976, he married Dominique Kuborn Visele.^[5] He is the father of two children, Jean Paul and Christopher.^[5]

He completed his secondary education at the Liceo José Victorino Lastarria in Santiago, where he participated in the student center.^[5] After finishing school, he enrolled in law studies, from which he graduated.^[5]

Political career

He is a founding member of the Party for Democracy (PPD), in which he has held leadership roles, particularly in the area of international affairs.^[5]

During the 1990s, he served as Ambassador of Chile to Saudi Arabia (1991), Australia and the People’s Republic of China, during the administrations of Presidents Patricio Aylwin, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and Ricardo Lagos, respectively.^[5]

In the 1993 parliamentary elections, he ran for the Senate representing the PPD in the 11th Circumscription (Maule Region), but was not elected.^[5] In 2001, he was elected Deputy for District No. 39 with the highest vote share in the district, and was re-elected in 2005, 2009 and 2013.^[5]

In November 2017, he ran for the Senate representing the PPD in the new 9th Circumscription (Maule Region), but was not elected.^[5]

On 28 November 2020, he launched his pre-candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic, seeking to be nominated as the PPD candidate in the Convergencia Progresista primaries, a bloc composed of the PPD, PS and PRSD, but did not obtain the nomination.^[5]

In late October 2022, he resigned from the PPD and, on 2 November, together with former members of the Christian Democratic Party and other parties of the former Concertación and the 50+UNE movement, launched the Democrats Party, becoming its interim vice president.^[5]

On 26 May 2026, he was appointed by President José Antonio Kast as Ambassador of Chile to Belgium.^[6]

References

↑ "Jorge Tarud Daccarett. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". 2020.
↑ "Jorge Tarud anuncia precandidatura presidencial y pide primarias para elegir abanderado del PPD: "Tengo una ventaja con mis eventuales competidores, sé cómo trabajar en terreno"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
↑ "Tarud lanzó su precandidatura presidencial y pidió primarias en el PPD" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
↑ "¿Por qué se lanza Jorge Tarud otra vez como candidato del PPD?" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Jorge Tarud Daccarett". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish).
↑ "Presidente José Antonio Kast designa nuevos embajadores y cónsul general de Chile en La Paz". www.minrel.gob.cl (in Spanish). 26 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

External links

BCN Profile

[1] "Jorge Tarud Daccarett. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". 2020.

[2] "Jorge Tarud anuncia precandidatura presidencial y pide primarias para elegir abanderado del PPD: "Tengo una ventaja con mis eventuales competidores, sé cómo trabajar en terreno"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[3] "Tarud lanzó su precandidatura presidencial y pidió primarias en el PPD" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[4] "¿Por qué se lanza Jorge Tarud otra vez como candidato del PPD?" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[BCN-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Jorge Tarud Daccarett". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish).

[6] "Presidente José Antonio Kast designa nuevos embajadores y cónsul general de Chile en La Paz". www.minrel.gob.cl (in Spanish). 26 May 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

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