Leandro Kunstmann
Chilean politician
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Leandro Jorge Kunstmann Collado (born 15 June 1987)[1] is a Chilean veterinarian and politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 2026–2030 term. His election placed him within the LVII Legislative Period of the National Congress.[2]
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15 June 1987
Leandro Kunstmann | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | 24th District |
| Councilor of Valdivia | |
| In office 12 December 2012 – 28 June 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leandro Jorge Kunstmann Collado 15 June 1987 Valdivia, Chile |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Austral University of Chile |
In 2020, he resigned to the UDI party.[3] Kunstmann was elected in the Chilean parliamentary election, 2025, securing a seat in the Chamber of Deputies beginning on 11 March 2026.[4][5]
Biography
He was born in Valdivia on June 15, 1987. His parents are Jorge Kunstmann Haack, a former farmer, and María Soledad Collado Pons, a merchant.[6]
He was raised in San José de la Mariquina. He is the father of three children.[6]
He completed his primary education at the Instituto Alemán de Valdivia and his secondary education at Colegio San Luis del Alba.[6]
He graduated as a veterinary doctor from the Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh), where he was part of the gremialist movement, which he later presided over, and subsequently became a member of the student federation of the UACh.[6]
While studying Veterinary Medicine, he founded the Corporación Calcuta together with other university students in Chile, an organization focused on developing social leaders from different universities to work in vulnerable communities.[6]
He has developed his professional career in both the private sector and public administration, working as a property and site administrator.[6]
He served as regional coordinator (Los Ríos) of the Agency for Sustainability and Climate Change between March 2019 and February 2022.[6]
Before assuming as deputy, he was a founding member of the board of the Centro de Investigación de Humedales Río Cruces (CEHUM), representing the social chamber in two periods and the economic chamber in one period.[6]
He also worked as head of organization and real estate agent at Collado & Kunstmann Propiedades.[6]
Political career
He was a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). He is a founding member of the Republican Party and serves as regional vice president of the party in Los Ríos.[6]
In the municipal elections of 2012 and 2016, he was elected councillor for Valdivia, representing the UDI. In the first election, he obtained 1,785 votes (4.06%), and in the second, 1,998 votes (5.22%).[6]
His work as councillor focused on three main areas: security, health, and infrastructure. He also promoted increased use of technology for surveillance and the professionalization of local administration.[6]
In November 2020, he resigned from the municipal council to run for deputy. In the 2021 parliamentary elections, he ran for the Chamber of Deputies for the 24th District of the Los Ríos Region, representing the Republican Party, but was not elected, obtaining 12,835 votes (8.92%).[6]
In the 2024 municipal elections, he ran for mayor of Valdivia representing the Republican Party but was not elected, despite obtaining 37,914 votes (35.67%).[6]
He ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 24th District of the Los Ríos Region in the elections of November 16, 2025, representing the Republican Party within the Cambio por Chile coalition. He was elected with 23,371 votes, equivalent to 9.03% of the total.[6]