Gonzalo Arenas
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Gonzalo Arenas | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Bayo Veloso |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Rathgeb |
| Constituency | 48th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1972 |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union (UDI) |
| Education | Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer Historian |
Gonzalo Arenas Hodar (born 13 September 1972) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.[1][2]
He was born on 13 December 1972 in Valparaíso (former electoral constituency of El Puerto). He is the son of Juan Arenas, a former military officer, and Pamela Hodar, a television presenter and councilor of Viña del Mar since 2004.[3]
He is married to Carla Kutz and is the father of three children.[3]
Professional Career
He completed his primary education at the Instituto Presidente Errázuriz and at the Bernardo O'Higgins Military School, where he received the Lista de Mérito award for outstanding academic performance. He later studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, obtaining his licentiate degree in 1998 and qualifying as a lawyer on 28 March 2001.[3]
In 1997, he received a scholarship to study at the Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C., United States.[3] During his university years, he served as a teaching assistant in Public International Law.[3]
Between 1997 and 1999, he worked as a legislative affairs researcher at the Jaime Guzmán Foundation. From 1999 to 2001, he was Director of Student Affairs at Andrés Bello National University (UNAB). At the same time, between 2000 and 2001, he taught History of Law at the university’s Faculty of Law. Additionally, between 2002 and 2003, he was an adjunct professor of Tax Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of the Andes.[3]
In 2017, he obtained a master’s degree in History from the University of the Andes. He also holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary History from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.[3]
In the private sector, between 2001 and 2004, he worked as an associate attorney at the law firm Yrarrázaval, Ruiz-Tagle, Goldenberg, Lagos & Silva Abogados.[3]
In June 2024, he assumed the position of Dean of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at Universidad San Sebastián.[3]