Marcelo Forni Lobos (born 15 October 1967) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.
He was born on 15 October 1967 in Santiago, the son of Sergio Forni Lapeyronnie and MarÃÂa Lobos Fernández.
He is married to MarÃÂa del Carmen del Campo Infante and is the father of MarÃÂa Ignacia, MarÃÂa Francisca, Javiera, Felipe, and Juan Pablo.
He completed his secondary education at Colegio San Pedro Nolasco in Santiago. After finishing school, he studied Law at Diego Portales University. He was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Chile on 29 January 1993.
He later pursued postgraduate studies in Economics and Business Administration for Lawyers at Gabriela Mistral University, in Strategic Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and obtained a MasterâÂÂs degree in Economic and Financial Law at the Universidad del Desarrollo.
In 2010, after completing his parliamentary term, he returned to the private sector, serving as Corporate Affairs Manager at CorpGroup.
His political career began as a member of the national board of the youth wing of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). He later served as national counselor of the same party.
In December 2001, he was elected deputy representing the UDI for the ValparaÃÂso Region, District No. 11 (Calle Larga, Catemu, Llay-Llay, Los Andes, Panquehue, Putaendo, Rinconada, San Esteban, San Felipe, and Santa MarÃÂa) for the 2002âÂÂ2006 legislative period, obtaining 22,395 votes (23.27% of the valid votes cast). In 2005, he was re-elected for District No. 11 for the 2006âÂÂ2010 period, obtaining 30,980 votes (29.50% of the valid votes cast).
In the December 2009 elections, he chose not to seek re-election to the Chamber of Deputies and instead ran for the Senate representing the UDI in the Fifth Cordillera Constituency within the Coalition for Change pact, but was not elected.
Since 23 May 2023, he has been a member of the board of the Honor Tribunal of the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP).