{{Short description|Chilean politician (born 1968)}} {{family name hatnote|Frontaura|Rivera|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Carlos Frontaura | image = Carlos_Frontaura_BCN.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|7|16}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | office = Expert Commissioner of the Constitutional Council | term_start = 6 March 2023 | term_end = 7 November 2023 | office1 = Advisor to the National Institute of Human Rights | term_start1 = May 2013 | term_end1 = 2022 | party = | alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) | occupation = Politician | profession = Lawyer | spouse = Ana María Vergara | children = Seven | footnotes = }} '''Carlos Frontaura Rivera''' (born 16 July 1968) is a Chilean lawyer.
In his public career, Frontaura has served as a human rights advisor and expert on constitutional issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lupaconstitucional.malaespinacheck.cl/2023/01/26/quien-es-carlos-frontaura-el-candidato-de-los-republicanos-para-la-comision-de-expertos/|title=Quién es Carlos Frontaura, el candidato de los Republicanos para la Comisión de Expertos|publisher=Lupa Constitucional|date=26 January 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref>
Frontaura was a member of the Gremial Movement, which he joined through Jaime Guzmán.<ref name="ex-ante">{{cite web|url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/perfil-lo-que-hay-que-saber-de-carlos-frontaura-el-abogado-de-la-comision-experta-que-se-espera-marque-el-tono-de-los-consejeros-del-partido-de-kast/|title=Perfil: Carlos Frontaura, el hombre de Kast en la Comisión Experta que republicanos ve como modelo para su bancada constituyente|publisher=Ex-Ante|date=13 May 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref> Despite not being a formal member, he is close to the Republican Party.<ref name="ex-ante"/> Similarly, he is Roman catholic.<ref name="ex-ante"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/salud/aborto/lluvia-y-aborto-la-curiosa-analogia-de-un-decano-de-la-uc/2015-08-06/151024.html|title=Lluvia y aborto: La curiosa analogía de un decano de la UC|publisher=Radio Cooperativa|date=2015-08-06|accessdate=2024-10-06}}</ref>
==Biography== He was born in Recoleta, Santiago, Chile, on July 16, 1968. He is the son of lawyer Juan Frontaura Gómez and Paulina Rivera Cruchaga.<ref name="ex-ante"/> He is married to Ana María Vergara Guzmán since 2002, with whom he has seven children.<ref name="ex-ante"/>
Frontaura studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), where he was a student of Jaime Guzmán.<ref name="ex-ante"/> At the university's Law School, he began teaching the History of Law in 1997 and has since taught other courses on family, society, and human rights.<ref name="ex-ante"/> While serving as vice-rector, he was elected dean of the school in December 2014 and assumed his duties in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmercurio.com/legal/movil/detalle.aspx?Id=903564&Path=/0D/C9/|title=Derecho UC tiene nuevo decano|publisher=El Mercurio|date=24 December 2014|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iguales.cl/iguales-lamenta-ratificacion-carlos-frontaura-consejero-del-instituto-nacional-derechos-humanos/|title=Iguales lamenta ratificación de Carlos Frontaura como consejero del Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos|publisher=Fundación Iguales|date=13 October 2016|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref>
In May 2013, the Senate of Chile appointed him a member of the National Institute of Human Rights, a position he held until 2022, after being ratified by vote in 2016.<ref name="ex-ante"/>
==Public career== ===2023 Constitutional Council=== In 2023, during the constitutional process of that year, the Chamber of Deputies appointed him a member of the Expert Commission to draft a new Constitution. Frontaura was appointed to the Republican Party's seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/politica/carlos-frontaura-carta-republicana-defendera-estado-subsidiario-consejo-expertos|title=Carlos Frontaura, la carta republicana que defenderá el Estado subsidiario en consejo de expertos|publisher=Canal 13|date=5 August 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/05/09/1094508/carlos-frontaura-miembro-comisionexperta.html|title=El "modelo" Frontaura: El papel que ha jugado el representante republicano en la Comisión Experta|publisher=Emol|date=9 May 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref>
He served on the Subcommittee on Principles, Civil, and Political Rights, and later joined the joint commission to resolve discrepancies regarding the constitutional draft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/los-sigilosos-pasos-de-carlos-frontaura-el-unico-representante-del-partido-republicano-en-la-comision-experta/TNFHA3VXRZDIRCWYLACYBTFT2E/|title=Los sigilosos pasos de Carlos Frontaura, el único representante del Partido Republicano en la Comisión Experta|publisher=La Tercera|date=5 May 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/perfil-carlos-frontaura-el-experto-de-republicanos-que-volvio-al-centro-del-debate-constitucional/|title=Perfil: Carlos Frontaura, el experto de Republicanos que volvió al centro del debate constitucional|publisher=Ex-Ante|date=5 October 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/consejo-constitucional/politica/carlos-frontaura-quien-hombre-clave-comision-experta-consejo-constitucional-5|title=Carlos Frontaura: Quién es el “hombre clave” entre la Comisión Experta y el Consejo Constitucional|publisher=Canal 13|date=5 October 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}</ref>
The proposed constitution was rejected after a referendum in December.
==Works== ===Book=== * ''Casos para la Enseñanza del Derecho'' (Coordinator) Ediciones UC, 2015.
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/proceso_constitucional/comision_experta/ficha/Carlos_Frontaura_Rivera BCN Profile]
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