Mario Escobar Urbina
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Mario Escobar | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2002 – 11 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Fanny Pollarolo |
| Succeeded by | Felipe Ward |
| Constituency | 3rd District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 October 1942 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party (DC) |
| Spouse | Verónica Tombolini |
| Children | Four |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher |
Mario Escobar Urbina (born 9 March 1952) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.[1]
Professional career
He was born on 9 March 1952 in Santiago, Chile.[2] He is the son of Mario Escobar Vera and Adriana Urbina Varas.[2] He married Verónica Leonor Tombolini Véliz and is the father of four children.[2]
He completed his secondary education at Colegio Claretiano in Santiago and pursued higher studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he obtained the title of State Professor in Physical Education.[2] He later earned a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Antofagasta.[2]
Professionally, he worked as an adviser in labor conflicts and in leadership training programs, including for trade unions at Universidad del Norte in 1985 and 1986.[2] Between 1986 and 1990 he contributed opinion articles to the newspaper La Estrella del Norte of Antofagasta.[2]
From 1987 to 1988 he served as chief of staff and public relations officer of the Municipal Corporation for Social Development of Antofagasta, and between 1988 and 1990 he was adviser to its president.[2] In 1990 he also acted as adviser to the Municipal Corporation for Social Development of Calama and as executive director of the Cultural and Tourism Corporation of that city.[2]
In 1996 he reorganized the Calama Tourism Chamber and became its first vice-president. Between 1997 and 2002 he wrote articles for El Mercurio de Valparaíso and, from 1997 to 2001, taught at the professional institute INACAP.[2]