Pepe Auth
Chilean politician
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Pepe Auth Stewart (born 6 March 1957) is a Chilean politician commonly known for having served as deputy during the 2010s.[1]
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Pepe Auth | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the district |
| Succeeded by | Claudia Mix |
| Constituency | District 8 |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Escobar |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of the District |
| President of the Party for Democracy | |
| In office 10 May 2008 – 30 December 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Bitar |
| Succeeded by | Adriana Muñoz D'Albora |
| Ambassador of Chile at Sweden | |
| In office 8 September 2000 – April 2004 | |
| Preceded by | José Goñi |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro García Hurtado |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1957 |
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| Parent(s) | Raúl Auth Joan Stewart |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Sociologist |
Early life and education
Auth was born in Santiago, Chile, on March 6, 1957. He is the son of physician Raúl Auth Caviedes and Joan Stewart Visintainer. He is married and the father of six children.[2]
He completed his secondary education at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana between 1969 and 1973.[2]
Auth studied Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Chile and also completed five semesters of Psychology at the same institution. In 1981, he was expelled from the university by the military-appointed rector due to his participation in the student movement.[2]
He later participated in the Young Researchers Program in Social Sciences at FLACSO-Chile and in the first Social Sciences program of the Academia de Humanismo Cristiano.[2]
Auth pursued doctoral studies in Sociology at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris, under the supervision of sociologist Alain Touraine. He obtained a Diploma of Advanced Studies qualifying him to pursue a doctorate, equivalent to a Master of Arts degree.[2]
Additionally, he took part in the Sociological Intervention Training Workshop led by Michel Wieviorka in Paris; electoral campaign workshops organized by the Pablo Iglesias Foundation of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in Madrid and the Olof Palme Foundation of the Swedish Social Democratic Party in Stockholm. He also completed training visits to the United States on primary elections and campaign financing sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, to Auckland to study state modernization at the invitation of the Government of New Zealand, and to Japan to observe the general functioning of the state, invited by its government.[2]
Professional career
Auth was a fellow of the French government and a member of the research team at the Centro de Estudios Sociales SUR during the 1980s. There, he participated in programs on education for democracy, political studies, and the development of focus group interview techniques, and created a youth studies area that promoted research on youth issues.[2]
He has authored numerous essays on youth issues during the 1980s and later on political and electoral topics. He edited the book of autobiographies of Chileans in Sweden, Con Chile en el Corazón, and published a compilation of essays with Editorial Catalonia titled Pasiones y Convicciones. Autobiografía intelectual.[2]
He frequently participates in political analysis and debate programs on radio and television and is a regular contributor to Radio Agricultura and other media outlets.[2]
Political career
Auth is a founding member of the Party for Democracy (PPD), where he served as vice president, secretary-general, and later as party president between 2008 and 2009.[2]
He served as Ambassador of Chile to the Kingdom of Sweden between 2000 and 2004.[2]
He later worked as an advisor to the Ministry of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, director of the Electoral Studies Program at Fundación Chile 21, consultant for the National Democratic Institute, managing partner of Ítaca Consultores and later Authente Consultores, providing advice on public identity and communication strategies to companies, trade associations, and political figures. He also served as head of the advisory team for the PPD parliamentary caucus in the Chamber of Deputies.[2]
Auth was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile in the 2009 parliamentary elections. He was elected deputy again in 2013 in Santiago, becoming the most voted deputy nationwide, and was re-elected in 2017.[2]
On May 2, 2016, he formally resigned from the Party for Democracy after 28 years of membership. He later joined the Radical Party caucus, remaining there until December 2019, when the party’s general council requested his immediate expulsion after he voted against the constitutional accusation against President Sebastián Piñera, which ultimately failed.[2]
In the 2017 parliamentary elections, he was elected deputy for the 8th electoral district of the Santiago Metropolitan Region as an independent candidate for the 2018–2022 term, obtaining 26,839 votes, equivalent to 6.33% of the total valid votes.[2]
In January 2020, he joined the Christian Democratic Party of Chile caucus as an independent.[2]
He did not seek re-election in the 2021 parliamentary elections. Law No. 21,238 of 2020 established term limits allowing deputies to be re-elected consecutively for up to two terms.[2]