Cristian Letelier
Cristian Omar Letelier Aguilar (born 18 May 1954) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.
Biography
He was born on 18 May 1954. He is married.
Professional career
He holds a Licentiate in Legal Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He obtained a diploma in Criminal Procedure Law from the University of the Andes in 2003 and a diploma in Criminal Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile between 2005 and 2008. He pursued a Master’s degree in Criminal Policy at the University of Salamanca (c).
Between 1983 and 1990, he served as Secretary General and Legal Advisor of the Catholic University of the North. From 1990 to 1994, he worked as a lawyer for Banco BCI, the Ministry of Planning, and companies in the mining sector.
Between 1994 and 1999, he was a lawyer for the National Mining Society of Chile (Sonami). From 1999 to May 2004, he served as Secretary General of Santo Tomás University. Between 2004 and 2005, he worked at the law firm Hermosilla, Chadwick & Morales as a criminal defense attorney.
Since 2006, he has practiced law independently in the field of Criminal Law. He has taught Civil Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Finis Terrae University, University of the Americas, and Santo Tomás University, where he lectured in Family Law.
He is the author of several publications in the Revista Chilena de Derecho of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and in the journal Ius Publicum of Santo Tomás University.
Political career
He entered politics during his university years. Between 1986 and 1987, he served as president of the Federation of Students of Diego Portales University. The following year and until 1991, he chaired the Youth of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). Concurrently, and until 2000, he was coordinator of the UDI Senators’ Committee.
He was a member of the Independent Democratic Union until 2013 and served on its political commission. In 2009, he ran as a candidate for senator for the Atacama Region but was not elected.
He served as legislative advisor to Senators Evelyn Matthei and Víctor Pérez Varela. He was Director of the Diario Oficial de la República de Chile between January 2010 and February 2011.
For the parliamentary elections of November 2013, he decided not to seek re-election for a new term.
He served as Minister of the Constitutional Court of Chile from 12 January 2015 to 12 January 2024.