Carlos Valcarce
Carlos Raúl Valcarce Medina (born 26 April 1950) is a Chilean politician who served as a deputy.
He began his professional career in higher education in the late 1970s, holding senior administrative posts at the Universidad del Norte and the Catholic University of the North.
In 1982, he became the first Rector of the University of Tarapacá, serving until 1987, and later held senior academic positions, including as dean at the Universidad Central.
Biography
Born in Arica on 26 April 1950, he is the son of Olga del Carmen Medina and Lionel Andrés Valcarce Rocco. He is married to María Teresa Becerra Jelvez and is the father of former Chilean deputy Ximena Valcarce.
He completed his primary and secondary education in Arica, attending the Anexo del Liceo Coeducacional, the English College, and later the Instituto Comercial. He subsequently studied Business Administration at the Universidad del Norte in Arica, where he obtained his professional degree.
Political career
He was a founding member of the National Youth Secretariat and a member of the National Renewal party (Renovación Nacional), serving as its regional president.
In the 1989 parliamentary elections, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 1 (Arica, Camarones, Putre, and General Lagos), serving from 1990 to 1994. He was re-elected in 1993 for a second term (1994–1998), but was unsuccessful in his bid for re-election in 1997.
In the 2000 municipal elections, he was elected Mayor of Arica, and was re-elected in 2004 in the first elections to separately choose mayors and councilors.
During his second term as mayor, he faced legal proceedings related to allegations of fraud against the municipality. Although initially convicted and removed from office in May 2008, the Supreme Court of Chile later annulled the ruling and ordered a retrial, after which he was acquitted of all charges. An interim mayor was appointed in May 2008.
In 2013, he returned to public office after being elected as a Regional Councilor (CORE) for the Arica Province, within the Arica and Parinacota Region.