Gonzalo Fuenzalida Figueroa (born 18 June 1973) is a Chilean politician.
Gonzalo Guillermo Fuenzalida Figueroa was born on June 18, 1973, in Santiago, Chile. He is the son of Gonzalo Fuenzalida RodrÃÂguez and Mónica Figueroa Miranda.
He is married to MarÃÂa Soledad Urzúa Edwards.
Fuenzalida completed his secondary education at Colegio del Verbo Divino. He later studied Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, obtaining his law degree in 2000. He also completed specialization studies at the universityâÂÂs School of Business.
Fuenzalida is a member of National Renewal (RN) and served as president of the partyâÂÂs executive board for the former 23rd electoral district.
In 2009, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing National Renewal in the former 54th electoral district of the Los RÃÂos Region, but was not elected.
On August 16, 2010, he joined the board of directors of Correos de Chile, a position he held until October 1, 2012.
In 2011, he worked as Head of the Programs and Studies Division of the Undersecretariat for Crime Prevention, part of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security. From 2012 until August 2013, he served as coordinator of the Victim Assistance Program within the same institution.
In 2013, he was elected deputy representing National Renewal for the former 54th electoral district of the Los RÃÂos Region. He was re-elected in the 2017 parliamentary elections, this time representing the 11th electoral district of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, obtaining 60,132 votes, equivalent to 15.97% of the total valid votes.
In the parliamentary elections held on November 21, 2021, he sought re-election for the same district but was not elected, obtaining 23,481 votes, corresponding to 5.68% of the total valid votes.
In 2022, he was nominated as a candidate for the Constitutional Court. His nomination ultimately did not receive the necessary votes for confirmation. He subsequently resigned from the National Renewal political party. He is currently an independent.