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Andrés Pío Bernardino Chadwick Piñera (b. Santiago de Chile, January 2, 1956) is a Chile

Chile

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an right-winged politician

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and lawyer

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, member of the Independent Democrat Union

Independent Democrat Union

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(UDI) party. Chadwick was elected deputy for the District #33 in 1989, and was re-elected in 1993. In 1997, he was elected senator for the 9th Circunscription of the VI Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, and was re-elected in 2005. On July 18, 2011 he became Minister Secretary General of Government.

Biography

Andrés Chadwick was born on January 2, 1956. His parents were Herman Chadwick Valdés and Paulette Piñera Carvallo (sister of Bernardino Piñera). Chadwick is currently married with María Victoria Costa, with whom he has four children. He is also first cousin of President Sebastián Piñera

Sebastián Piñera

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...

Studies

He completed his primary and secondary studies in Colegio Verbo Divino in Santiago. Chadwick joined afterwards the Law Faculty in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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Political career

Chadwick was appointed president of the Students Federation of the Catholic University of Chile (FEUC) by the military regime

Chile under Pinochet

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, and later graduated as a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, later working as a professor. In the 1980s, Chadwick holds office in several political charges, such as in the Youth sections of the Independend Democrat Union Movement, National Unity, and National Renewal

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He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

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between 1990 and 1998, and has been, since 1998, member of the Senate of Chile

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, representing the O'Higgins Circunscription.

Parliamentary election, 1989

Deputy for the District #33 of the communes of Mostazal, Graneros, Codegua

Codegua

Codegua is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 10,796 and has an area of 286.9 km².-Demographics:...

, Machalí

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, Requínoa

Requínoa

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, Rengo, Olivar

Olivar, Chile

Olivar is a commune in Chile, located in the O'Higgins Region, 10 km south of Rancagua, and administered by the municipality of Olivar. The main economic activities range from agriculture and food production, specially apples for exportation....

, Doñihue

Doñihue

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, Coínco

Coinco

Coinco is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 6,385 and has an area of .-Demographics:...

, Coltauco

Coltauco

Coltauco is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 16,228 and has an area of 224.7 km².-Demographics:...

, Quinta de Tilcoco

Quinta de Tilcoco

Quinta de Tilcoco is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quinta de Tilcoco spans an area of and has 11,380 inhabitants . Of these, 5,850 lived in urban areas and 5,530 in rural areas...

, and Malloa, in the VI Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Result
Juan Pablo Letelier Morel	PAIS	28.451	27,61%	Deputy
Andrés Chadwick Piñera	UDI	27.837	27,01%	Deputy
Esteban Leyton Soto	ILA	17.696	17,17%
Federico Willoughby Mac Donald	ILA	14.363	13,94%
Domingo Izquierdo Echeverría	ILB	4.287	4,16%
Arcalaus Coronel Araneda	ILG	4.159	4,04%
Julio Enrique Reyes Valdés	DR	2.457	2,38%
José Ducci Claro	PL	2.359	2,29%
Marcelo Maffioletti Pacheco	AN	1.437	1,39%

Parliamentary election, 1993