Daniel Núñez (Chilean politician)
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Daniel Núñez | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | 5th Circumscription (Coquimbo Region) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the district |
| Constituency | District 5 |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Velásquez |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of the Office |
| Constituency | 8th District (Coquimbo, Ovalle and Río Hurtado) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1971 |
| Party | Communist Party |
| Spouse | Rossana Zurita |
| Children | Two |
| Parent(s) | Omar Núñez Fedora Arancibia |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (B.Sc) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Sociologist |
Daniel Ignacio Núñez Arancibia (born 7 January 1971) is a Chilean politician who is currently serving as senator.[1][2][3][4]
A member of the Communist Party of Chile, he has served as a senator for the Coquimbo Region since 2022 and previously represented the region in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile.[5]
Núñez was born on 7 January 1971 in Santiago. He is the son of Omar Alberto Núñez Quevedo and Fedora María Isabel Arancibia Riderelli. He is married to Rossanna Zurita, and is the father of two children.
He completed his primary education at Colegio Latinoamericano de Integración and his secondary education at Colegio Francisco Miranda and Liceo de Aplicación in Santiago. He earned a degree in sociology from the University of Chile.
He later completed a master’s degree in Latin American social and political studies at the Alberto Hurtado University in Santiago. In 2002, he submitted his master’s thesis titled “El despertar del movimiento estudiantil y la crisis de la Universidad Pública 1994–2000.”[5]
Academic and professional career
Between 2004 and 2010, Núñez served as coordinator of the Labour Studies Programme and as chairman of the board of the Alejandro Lipschutz Institute of Social Sciences (ICAL).
At the ARCIS University, he worked as an undergraduate and postgraduate lecturer in subjects including sociology of work and social movement studies.
Until May 2013, he served as secretary general of ARCIS University.[5]