César Uribe Araya

César Uribe Araya
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Constituency16th District
Personal details
Born (1983-11-28) 28 November 1983
Other political
affiliations
The List of the People
(2021―2022)
Alma materUniversity of the Bío-Bío
ProfessionArchitect

César Uribe Araya (born 28 November 1983) is a Chilean architect[1] and independent politician.[2]

He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 19th electoral district of the Ñuble Region.[3][4]

Biography

Uribe was born on 28 November 1983 in San Fabián de Alico.[5] He is the son of César Omer Uribe Moron and Inés del Carmen Araya Becerra.[2]

He completed his primary education at Liceo C-88 Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez in San Fabián and his secondary education at Colegio San Vicente de Paul in Chillán.[2] He studied architecture at the University of Bío-Bío, qualifying as an architect in 2010.[6][7]

He worked at the Directorate of Works of the Municipality of Futaleufú, Los Lagos Region, serving as Director of Works.[2] He later returned to the Ñuble Region, where he worked in the Directorate of Works and the Department of Environment of the Municipality of San Fabián.[2]

Political career

Uribe has been an independent politician and has been a socio-environmental activist for more than ten years.[2] He is a co-founder of the environmental organization Ñuble Libre and of environmental coordination groups such as Ñuble Sustentable and the Network for Free Rivers.[2]

These organizations have led efforts to defend the Ñuble River against projects such as the Punilla Reservoir and the HidroÑuble Hydroelectric Plant in the municipality of San Fabián, Ñuble Region.[2]

In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, he ran as an independent candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 19th electoral district of the Ñuble Region as part of the La Lista del Pueblo electoral pact, receiving 16,039 votes (10.2% of the validly cast votes).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Arquitecto César Uribe Araya se convirtió en el único colega electo como Convencional Constituyente". Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "César Uribe Araya". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  3. ^ "San Carlos recibirá Comisión de Descentralización de la CC: 5 constituyentes estarán presentes". Radio Bío-Bío. 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ ""Queremos que se establezcan herramientas concretas de participación ciudadana"". La Discusión. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "César Uribe Araya de San Fabián de Alico: Defensor del agua a la Convención Constitucional". Resumen.cl. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Javier Fuchslocher y César Uribe: Un profesor y un arquitecto UBB en la Convención Constitucional". Universidades Estatales. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "UBB reconoció a egresados que integran Convención Constitucional". Chillán Activo. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.