Pepe Auth
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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 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Sociologist |
Pepe Auth Stewart (born 6 March 1957) is a Chilean politician commonly known for having served as deputy during the 2010s.[1]
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]