Alejandro García-Huidobro
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9th Circumscription
Alejandro García Huidobro | |
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| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 2 August 2011 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Chadwick |
| Constituency | 8th Circumscription 9th Circumscription |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 2 August 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Federico Mekis |
| Succeeded by | Issa Kort |
| President Union of the Centrist Center | |
| In office 7 June 1996 – 24 January 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Ángela Vivanco |
| Succeeded by | Carlos del Campo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1952 |
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| Spouse | María Eugenia Llompart |
| Children | Five |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Alejandro García-Huidobro Sanfuentes (born 19 April 1952) is a Chilean politician who served as a member of the Senate of his country.[1]
A member of the Senate of Chile, García-Huidobro represented the 8th Senatorial Circumscription ―O'Higgins Region― for the 2014–2022 term and previously the 9th Senatorial District of the same region between 2011 and 2018. He earlier served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for District No. 32 (O'Higgins Region) for five consecutive terms between 1994 and 2011.[2]
He was born on 19 April 1952 in Santiago, Chile. He is the son of Alejandro García Huidobro Garcés, a politician of the Conservative Party, farmer, and former Intendant of O'Higgins Province during the government of President Jorge Alessandri, and Denise Lucienne Sanfuentes Schiff.[2]
He is the brother of former Regional Councillor of the O'Higgins Region, Felipe García Huidobro Sanfuentes.[2] He is married to María Eugenia Llompart and is the father of five children.[2]
He completed his primary and secondary education at the Instituto Bernardo O’Higgins of Rancagua and at the Colegio Sagrados Corazones de Manquehue in Santiago. He later entered the University of Chile, where he qualified as a political scientist.[2]