Fernando Viveros
Chilean constituent
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Fernando Viveros Reyes (born 12 November 1981) is a Chilean politician who served in the Constitutional Council.[3]
Fernando Viveros | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 7 June 2023 – 7 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | Coquimbo Region |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1981 |
| Party | Communist Party[1][2] |
| Parent(s) | Luis Viveros Hilda Reyes |
| Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba (BA) | |
| Profession | Physician |
Biography
Viveros was born in Talcahuano on 12 November 1981.[4] His parents are Luis Antonio Viveros Viveros and Hilda del Carmen Reyes Zúñiga.[4]
He completed his secondary education at the Liceo Enrique Molina Garmendia in Concepción in 1999.[4] He studied medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Cuba.[4]
He is the founder of free community medical clinics in the neighbourhoods of Tierras Blancas, Sindempart, and the upper sector of Coquimbo.[4] After nearly ten years working in this initiative, he participated in a humanitarian mission in the Republic of Haiti and later worked for seven years providing medical services at the La Serena Prison.[4]
Political career
Viveros began his political activity in 1997 as a student leader.[4]
Between 2016 and 2021, he served as a municipal councillor of the commune of Coquimbo representing the Communist Party of Chile.[4] In 2021, he ran for mayor of Coquimbo but was not elected.[4] He subsequently served as Regional Ministerial Secretary (SEREMI) of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government for the Coquimbo Region between 2022 and 2023.[4]
In the elections held on 7 May 2023, Viveros ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Council representing the 5th electoral district of the Coquimbo Region, as a member of the Communist Party of Chile within the Unidad para Chile electoral pact.[4] According to the Electoral Qualification Court (TRICEL), he was elected with 31,280 votes.[4]