•  Law Degree, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

•  Diploma in Criminal Procedural Reform, Los Andes University, 2003.

•  Diploma in Substantive Criminal Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2005-2008.

•  He has occupied/served several positions, among which are highlighted:

•  Secretary General and Legal advisor, Católica del Norte University, 1983-1990.

•  Attorney, Ministry of Social Development and Cooperation, 1990-1994.

•  Legal advisor, Chile’s National Mining Society (SONAMI), 1994-1999.

•  General Secretary, Santo Tomás University, 1999-2004.

•  Attorney,“Hermosilla, Chadwick & Morales” Law Firm, 2005-2006.

•  Editor in-chief of the Official Newspaper, 2010.

•  Chilean Deputy, 2011-2014

Academic experience:

•  Teaching Assistant of Professor José Luis Cea Egaña, Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 1982-1983

•  Professor of Constitutional Law, Commercial Engineering and Accounting Auditing programmes, Católica del Norte University, 1984-1990.

•  Teaching Assistant of Professor César Frigerio Castaldi, Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 1991-1992.

•  Professor of Civil Law, University Las Americas, and Professor of Minning Law, Law School, Santo Tomás University, 1993-2000.

•  Professor of Civil Law, Law School, Santo Tomás University, 2001-2009.

•  Professor of Minning Law, Law School, Santo Tomás University, 2014.

Among his publications are highlighted:

•  “The Social Function of Property in the Chilean Constitution of 1980”, undergraduate thesis.

•  “The removal of judges in the Chilean Constitution”, “Lus Publicum” legal journal, 2000.

•  “The Capacity of the deaf-mute who can’t make themselves understood by writing” “Revista Chilena de Derecho” legal journal, Faculty of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 1991.

•  “The Election Qualifying Court, an exception to there power to proclaim Senators and Deputies” “Ius Publicum” legal journal N°32, 2014.

•  “Zamudio’s Law Analysis, an eficient procedure against discrimination”, “El Mercurio Legal” legal journal, September, 2014.

Minister of Constitutional Court, appointed/Designated by the Senate, on January 7th, 2015, for a term of nine years.

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