Jorge Sharp

Jorge Esteban Sharp Fajardo (born 25 March 1985) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He is the current Mayor of Valparaíso.

Early life

Born in Punta Arenas, Magallanes Region, he is the son of Leonor Fajardo Filipic and Jorge Sharp Galetovic.[1][2] His father in 2013 was decorated as a "illustrious citizen" of the Region.

He began as a student leader in Magallanes, being part of FESES' regional re-founding (1999–2000), and his school (Liceo Salesiano San José) student center's president.[3]

Political career

In 2003 he moved to Valparaíso to study law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV). He was a member of the Center for Academic Legal Studies between 2005 and 2006.[3] In 2015 he graduated as a lawyer.[4]

During his university period he was an active participant in the 2006 student protests in Chile and became a founding member of Izquierda Autónoma (IA), a left-wing organization led by then fellow law student Gabriel Boric. He ran for president of Student Center of the PUCV Law School in 2006 and the following year for president of the PUCV Student Federation (FEPUCV). He did not win either election. In 2008 he was part of the PUCV Student Cordon.[3] In 2008 he came to FEPUCV board as vice president, while in 2009 he took over as federation's president.[3]

In 2016, he presented himself as an Izquierda Autónoma pre-candidate for the "citizen primary" to run for Mayor of Valparaíso in that year's municipal elections of that year, which he won with 1703 votes. The same year, he was one of the leaders who, along with Boric, left Izquierda Autónoma to form Movimiento Autonomista.[1] In the 23 October election, he was elected Mayor of Valparaíso with 53% of the votes.[4]

References
  1. Ruiz, Carolina (11 July 2016). "Magallánico Jorge Sharp, candidato a alcalde por Valparaíso: "Los bloques tradicionales ya tuvieron su oportunidad y fracasaron"". La Prensa Austral. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. "Jorge Sharp Galetovic: "Cuando me llamó el intendente me vino un apretón en el corazón"". El Pingüino. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. "Candidatos". Primarias Ciudadanas Valparaíso. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  4. Hosiasson, Francisca (24 October 2016). "¿Quién es Jorge Sharp?: El candidato apadrinado por Boric que "recupera" Valparaíso". Zero. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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