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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Fuad Chahín</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="Chilean_Constitutional_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilean Constitutional Convention">Constitutional Convention</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>4 July 2021 – 2 July 2022</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">22nd District</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of the <a href="Christian_Democratic_Party_(Chile)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Chile)">Christian Democratic Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>18 May 2018 – 27 May 2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Myriam Verdugo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Carmen_Frei" title="Carmen Frei">Carmen Frei</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile" title="Chamber of Deputies of Chile">Chamber of Deputies of Chile</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>11 March 2010 – 11 March 2018</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Jaime_Quintana" title="Jaime Quintana">Jaime Quintana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dissolution of the District</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">49th District</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Regional Counseller of the Government for the <a href="Araucan%C3%ADa_Region" title="Araucanía Region">Araucanía Region</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>January 2002 – March 2003</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1976-12-01</span>) </span>1 December 1976<br><a href="Temuco%2C_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Temuco, Chile">Temuco, Chile</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Christian_Democratic_Party_(Chile)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Chile)">Christian Democratic Party</a><br><a href="Democrats_(Chile)" title="Democrats (Chile)">Democrats</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Karin Happke</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="University_of_Chile" title="University of Chile">University of Chile</a> (<a href="Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Fuad Eduardo Chahin Valenzuela</b> (born 1 December 1976) is a <a href="Chilean_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilean people">Chilean</a> <a href="Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> and <a href="Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a>. He served as Deputy for District 49 (<a href="Araucan%C3%ADa_Region" title="Araucanía Region">Araucanía</a>) from 2010 to 2014 and also 2014–2018. He was president of the <a href="Christian_Democratic_Party_(Chile)" title="Christian Democratic Party (Chile)">Christian Democratic Party</a> from 2018 to 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>
<p>Chahin was born on December 1, 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>He is the grandson of a <a href="Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinian</a> immigrant and a <a href="Mapuche" title="Mapuche">Mapuche</a> peasant.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/fchahin">Fuad Chahín</a> on <a href="Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Fuad_Eduardo_Chahin_Valenzuela">BCN Profile</a></li></ul>
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