{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{family name hatnote|Sule|Fernández|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alejandro Sule | image = Alejandro_Sule_Fernández.png | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1960|11|30}} | birth_place = | office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | constituency = 33rd District | term_start = 11 March 2006 | term_end = 11 March 2010 | predecessor = Juan Pablo Letelier | successor = Ricardo Rincón González | party = {{Unbulleted list|Radical Party (PR)|Radical Social Democratic Party (PRSD)}} | alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|National Autonomous University of Mexico (Lic.)|University of Chile (M.D.)}} | profession = Engineer | occupation = Politician | parents = Anselmo Sule | spouse = Cecilia Torres | children = 2 | footnotes = }} '''Alejandro Miguel Sule Fernández''' (born 30 November 1960) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy and regional counselor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2015/06/26/723348/Alejandro-Sule-pone-su-cargo-a-disposicion-tras-ser-vinculado-a-caso-SMQ.html|title=Alejandro Sule pone su cargo a disposición tras ser vinculado a caso SQM|publisher=Emol|date=26 June 2015|accessdate=14 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuevamineria.com/revista/caso-sqm-ex-diputado-sule-pone-a-disposicion-su-cargo-en-ministerio-de-mineria/|title=Caso SQM: Ex diputado Sule pone a disposición su cargo en Ministerio de Minería|website=Revista Nueva Minería & Energía|date=26 June 2015|access-date=19 February 2026}}</ref>
==Biography== He was born on 30 November 1960.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Alejandro_Miguel_Sule_Fern%C3%A1ndez |title=Alejandro Miguel Sule Fernández |website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile |language=es |access-date=19 February 2026}}</ref> He is the son of Fresia Fernández Guarda and Anselmo Sule Candia, who served as Senator for the Fifth Provincial Grouping of O'Higgins and Colchagua (1969–1973) and later as Senator for the Sixth Region, Ninth Senatorial District (1990–1998).<ref name="BCN" />
He is the father of four children: Vicente, Alejandro, Raimundo, and Mariano.<ref name="BCN" />
===Professional career=== He completed his primary and secondary education at the Instituto Nacional and finished his studies in Mexico at the Secundaria Francisco Possenti.<ref name="BCN" /> He pursued higher education at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering. He later completed a postgraduate program in Business Management at the University of Chile.<ref name="BCN" />
While in Mexico, he worked at the Latin American Institute for Economic, Social and Communication Studies (Ilesco) and participated in Chilean folk music singing and dance groups.<ref name="BCN" />
In 1988 he returned to Chile with the aim of working alongside his father in the recovery of democracy, settling permanently in the country in 1991.<ref name="BCN" /> During those years he worked as an entrepreneur in the development of new export markets.<ref name="BCN" />
In 1998, for professional reasons, he remained abroad. He returned in 2002 to work as a small business owner in the field of foreign trade.<ref name="BCN" />
==Political career== He began his political activity at an early age alongside his father and was a member of the Radical Youth.<ref name="BCN" />
Between 1991 and 2005 he participated in the organization and implementation of the Solidarity Conferences of the Sixth Region, an initiative organized by the Radical Social Democratic Party in which teams of professionals provided free services to low-income individuals. He currently serves as a member of the party’s national board.<ref name="BCN" />
In the parliamentary elections of December 2005 he was elected Deputy for District No. 33 (Codegua, Coinco, Coltauco, Doñihue, Graneros, Machalí, Malloa, Mostazal, Olivar, Quinta de Tilcoco, Rengo, and Requínoa) in the Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins Region, for the 2006–2010 term. He obtained the district’s highest vote with 42,248 votes (37.24% of the valid ballots cast).<ref name="BCN" />
In the December 2009 parliamentary elections he ran for re-election in District No. 33 but was not elected. In 2013 he again ran for the same district, without success.<ref name="BCN" />
Between January and June 2015 he served as legislative advisor to the Ministry of Mining.<ref name="BCN" />
In 2014 he was part of the National Board of the Radical Social Democratic Party, serving as Second Vice President.<ref name="BCN" />
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==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Alejandro_Miguel_Sule_Fernández BCN Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sule, Alejandro}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Chilean economists Category:Radical Party of Chile politicians Category:Radical Social Democratic Party of Chile politicians Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Category:University of Chile alumni Category:Deputies of the LII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile