Daniel Valenzuela Salazar
Daniel Valenzuela | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2026 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | 24th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1980 Purén, Chile |
| Alma mater | Austral University of Chile |
Daniel Elias Valenzuela Salazar (born 16 March 1980) is a Chilean politician elected as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 2026–2030 legislative term.
He was elected in the 2025 parliamentary elections with a seat in the LVII Legislative Period.[1] Valenzuela Salazar ran in the Chilean parliamentary election, 2025 and was elected as Deputy for the 2026–2030 term. His election positioned him among the new parliamentary representatives entering the Chamber in the 57th Legislative Period.[2]
Biography
He was born in Purén on March 16, 1980. His parents are Samuel Valenzuela Nova, a furniture maker, and María Jesús Salazar Calisto. He has two children.[3]
He is a naval engineer from the Universidad Austral de Chile. After graduating, he engaged in business activities.[3]
In recent years, he has been involved in various causes, traveling across the Los Ríos Region, highlighting the poor condition of roads and denouncing the lack of management and concern from the Directorate of Highways, among other issues affecting local communities.[3]
Political career
He was a student leader while studying Naval Engineering at the Universidad Austral de Chile.[3]
He ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 24th District of the Los Ríos Region in the elections of November 16, 2025, as an independent candidate within a quota of National Renewal, under the Chile Grande y Unido coalition. He was elected with 15,031 votes, equivalent to 5.81% of the total.[3]
References
- ↑ "Resultados electorales 2025: Estos son todos los diputados que estarán en la cámara baja". BioBioChile. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ↑ "Resultados de las Elecciones Presidenciales y Parlamentarias 2025". Emol. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Daniel Valenzuela Salazar — BCN". Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 20 March 2026.