Diego Ibáñez

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibáñez and the second or maternal family name is Cotroneo.
Diego Ibáñez
Deputy of the Republic
Assumed office
11 March 2018
Preceded byEstablished
Constituency6th District
Vice President of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Students Federation
In office
2013–2014
Personal details
Born (1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 35)
Punta Arenas, Chile
Political partySocial Convergence
Other political
affiliations		Unión Nacional Estudiantil
Autonomist Movement
Parent(s)Rosamel Ibáñez Cifuentes
Dafne Cotroneo Calderón
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician

Diego Eduardo Ibáñez Cotroneo (born 25 January 1989)[1] is a Chilean politician, lawyer, and environmental activist. He is a law graduate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.[1] He is a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the electoral district No. 6, corresponding to the Valparaíso Region. Since October 2022, he has served as president of Social Convergence.[2]

Early life[edit]

Ibáñez is the son of Rosamel Ibáñez Cifuentes, a sailor, and Dafne Cotroneo Calderón, a professor. He completed his primary and secondary studies at Colegio Liahona in El Belloto, in the Quilpué commune. In 2010, he moved to Valparaíso to enter the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.[1] He served as vice president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Students Federation in 2013–2014.[3]

Political career[edit]

Environmental activism[edit]

Ibáñez was the founder and spokesperson of the non-governmental organization "Pulmón Verde de Quilpué," which staged protests against the "Termoeléctrica Los Rulos."[4] In January 2018, during the first day of the Olmué Festival, he participated in a coordinated demonstration against the thermoelectric power plant supported by Residente.[5]

First parliamentary term[edit]

In August 2017, he registered his candidacy for deputy of the sixth electoral district in the Valparaíso Region. He won with 9,199 votes, or 2.9% of the total.[6]

After being a member of the Libertarian Students Front, he joined the Autonomist Movement in the Valparaíso region. As a parliamentarian, he joined the caucus of President Gabriel Boric.

He has worked on environmental protection issues including closing thermoelectric power plants,[7] protecting dunes, lakes and wetlands from motor vehicles,[8] and preventing the construction of real estate projects after forest fires.[9]

He has introduced anti-corruption projects aimed at reducing electoral spending in campaigns from private sector officials.[10]

Second parliamentary term[edit]

He ran for re-election as deputy from the sixth electoral district, obtaining the highest number of votes both in the district and regionally with 34,419 votes, or 9.69% of the total.[11]

He is part of the Broad Front, along with deputies from Democratic Revolution, Comunes, and Social Convergence.

Controversies[edit]

He began a Special Investigative Commission on the drought in Petorca Province. After requesting that the commission hold sessions in the field to draw community participation, he was censured by the president of the Chamber with the votes of right-wing deputies.[12]

In April 2023, he denounced the high amounts that businesspeople invest in electoral campaigns which led to a lawsuit for defamation and slander by Juan Sutil, who was then-president of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (Spanish: Confederación de la Producción y del Comercio). The lawsuit was dismissed by the Court of Appeals of Santiago in August 2023.[13]

For the 2022 constitutional referendum, he posted a meme of Chayanne urging people to vote "Approve." This post was briefly shared by Boric, prompting the singer's team to react through a press release requesting that his image not be used for political campaigns.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Diego Eduardo Ibáñez Cotroneo. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  2. ^ Martínez, Catalina (24 October 2022). "Diputado Diego Ibáñez es elegido como nuevo presidente de Convergencia Social". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Asume nueva Federación de Estudiantes para el periodo 2013-2014". Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial PUCV (in Spanish). 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Rodrigo (15 May 2017). "Quilpué: Multitudinaria marcha contra "Termoeléctrica Los Rulos" (Audio)". Agencies de noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Comuneras, dirigentes y diputado frenteamplista se manifestaron contra termoeléctrica en El Patagual de Olmue". Radio Valparaíso (in Spanish). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Resultados de las Elecciones Presidenciales, Parlamentarias y Cores 2017 en Chile". Emol Social (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Diputados aprueban cierre de termoeléctricas en el país". Diario UChile (in Spanish). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Diputado Diego Ibáñez impulsa proyecto de ley que busca abolir paso de vehículos motorizados en dunas y cerros". Revista S Motos (in Spanish). 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Diputado Diego Ibáñez presentará proyecto de ley para impedir el cambio de uso de suelo en sectores siniestrados por incendios forestales". Radio Valparaíso (in Spanish). 17 December 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Diputado Diego Ibáñez presenta proyecto para disminuir gasto electoral". La Voz de los que sobran (in Spanish). 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Resultados de las Elecciones Presidenciales, Parlamentarias y de Cores 2021". Emol Social (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  12. ^ Silva, Claudio (9 December 2019). "Ibáñez denunció que la derecha lo sacó de presidencia de comisión investigadora sobre la mega sequía". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago da a conocer fallo que rechazó solicitud de desafuero de diputado Diego Ibáñez solicitada por el empresario Juan Ignacio Sutil". Diario Constitucional (in Spanish). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  14. ^ Vega Martínez, César (26 October 2023). "Diego Ibáñez reveló que Chayanne pudo haberlo demandarlo por meme del Apruebo: "Recibimos reprimenda"". biobiochile (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2024.

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