Julio Isamit
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Julio Isamit | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait (2019) | |
| Minister of National Assets | |
| In office 28 October 2019 – 11 March 2022 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Felipe Ward[1] |
| Succeeded by | Javiera Toro Cáceres[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1989 |
| Party | Close to Unión Demócrata Independiente (2017)[3][4] |
| Parent(s) | Manuel Ángel Isamit Julia del Tránsito Díaz |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Julio Isamit Díaz (born 18 August 1989) is a Chilean politician and lawyer. In 2006, he was part of the Pingüino Movement (2006).[5][6][7]
He was named Minister of National Assets on 28 October 2019[5][8] amid the 2019–20 social crisis («Estallido Social»).[9]
He was born in San Bernardo in 1989, the eldest of two siblings born to Miguel Ángel Isamit Cortés and Julia del Tránsito Díaz Salazar.[10]
He is married to civil engineer Trinidad Donoso, with whom he has two children.
Education
He completed his primary education at Saint Arieli School in San Bernardo and his secondary education at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera in Santiago.
In 2006, he was one of the student leaders of the so-called Penguin Revolution as a member of the Instituto Nacional Student Center (CAIN).[11]
In 2007, he enrolled in geography at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, later switching to study law at the same institution. He served as a teaching assistant in Legal History and Constitutional Law.
In 2016, he was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Chile.
He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Policy at the University of Chicago.