Miguel Hernández Saffirio
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Miguel Hernández | |
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| Mayor of Galvarino | |
| In office 6 December 2004 – 6 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Myriam Contreras |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Hualquil |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Roberto Muñoz Barra |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Quintana |
| Constituency | 49th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1949 |
| Party | Christian Democratic Party (DC) |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
José Miguel Hernández Saffirio (born 18 July 1949) was a Chilean politician who served as deputy and Intendant of the Araucanía Region.[1]
He joined the Christian Democratic Party (DC), serving as communal vice president in Victoria in 1988 and representing the party in the campaign for the “No” option in the plebiscite of 5 October 1988. Between 1989 and 1990, he was communal president of both the DC and the Concertación in Victoria, later becoming provincial president in Malleco and delegate to the party’s National Board.[2]
He is also a hotel entrepreneur and has written opinion columns for the newspapers Las Noticias (Victoria) and El Austral (Temuco), and participated in local radio stations such as Araucana, Frontera and Copihue FM.[2]
He was born in Curacautín on 18 July 1949, the son of Miguel Ángel Hernández Días and Ida Saffirio Vásquez.[2] He first married María Verónica Servanti, from whom he later divorced, and subsequently married Maritza Irene Mancilla Agüero. He is the father of three children.[2]
He completed his primary and secondary education at Instituto Victoria in the city of Victoria. He pursued higher education at the University of Chile (Temuco campus), where he obtained the degree of Chemical Laboratory Technician. He later attended courses in business administration and public relations for the tourism sector at the University of Concepción.[2]