José Luis Uriarte

He graduated as a lawyer from University of the Andes (UANDES) and later obtained a master's degree in Public Policy from Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD).^[2]

In the 2005 parliamentary elections, he ran as deputy representing the 28th district of the Metropolitan Region, which included Lo Espejo, San Miguel, and Pedro Aguirre Cerda, but was not elected.^[3]

From May 2010 to March 2014, he served as general manager of Sercotec, from where he promoted a recovery plan for small and medium-sized companies after the 2010 Chile earthquake.^[4]

In 2014, he became the Secretary General of the National Chamber of Commerce, while between 2018 and 2019 he served in the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) as territorial head and advisor to Minister Juan Andrés Fontaine. He was also an advisor to the Minister of Economy, Lucas Palacios.^[5]

On June 12, 2020, he was appointed as the Undersecretary of Tourism by Sebastián Piñera, following the departure of Mónica Zalaquett.^[6][7]