Eduardo Díaz del Río

In 1997, he began his political career as vice president of the Law School Student Center at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.^[4]

In March 1999, he was recognized as one of the 15 young leaders in the Americas with the greatest future potential by the Carter Center in Atlanta.^[4] Later that year, he spoke at the seminar Youth and Employment in the 21st Century in Buenos Aires, alongside young deputies from Latin America and Domingo Cavallo.^[4] The following year, he attended the International Youth Democrat Union (IYDU) meeting in Buenos Aires, with participation from Latin American center-right representatives, the Spanish People's Party, and British and Canadian conservative parties.^[4]

As an independent deputy, he joined the caucus and became a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) in August 1999.^[4] In early 2001, he spent two months in Washington, D.C., participating in the Capitol Hill Staff Training Program organized by the Leadership Institute.^[4] In May of the same year, he spoke at the First Meeting of Young Latin American Leaders in Buenos Aires, organized by Fundación Grupo Innova and the Naumann Foundation.^[4]

In October 2004, he resigned from the Independent Democratic Union.^[4] In January 2005, he joined a parliamentary committee and later the Christian Democratic Party (DC), from which he resigned in January 2008 following the expulsion of Senator Adolfo Zaldívar.^[4] Thereafter, he joined the Independent Caucus of the Chamber of Deputies.^[4]

In May 2010, he joined the Regionalist Party of the Independents (PRI).^[4] In July of the same year, he assumed the presidency of the party.^[4]

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