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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carlos_Frontaura > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carlos_Frontaura.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Frontaura > Source revision: 1307558747 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Santiago%2C_Chile) | office = Expert Commissioner of the [Constitutional Council](/source/Constitutional_Council_(Chile)) | 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](/source/Pontifical_Catholic_University_of_Chile) (LL.B) | occupation = Politician | profession = [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer) | spouse = Ana María Vergara | children = Seven | footnotes = }} '''Carlos Frontaura Rivera''' (born 16 July 1968) is a [Chilean](/source/Chilean_people) lawyer. In his public career, Frontaura has served as a human rights advisor and expert on constitutional issues.{{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}} Frontaura was a member of the [Gremial Movement](/source/Gremialismo), which he joined through [Jaime Guzmán](/source/Jaime_Guzm%C3%A1n).{{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}} Despite not being a formal member, he is close to the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(Chile%2C_2019)). Similarly, he is [Roman catholic](/source/Roman_catholic).{{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](/source/Radio_Cooperativa)|date=2015-08-06|accessdate=2024-10-06}} ==Biography== He was born in [Recoleta](/source/Recoleta%2C_Chile), [Santiago, Chile](/source/Santiago%2C_Chile), on July 16, 1968. He is the son of lawyer Juan Frontaura Gómez and Paulina Rivera Cruchaga. He is married to Ana María Vergara Guzmán since 2002, with whom he has seven children. Frontaura studied law at the [Pontifical Catholic University of Chile](/source/Pontifical_Catholic_University_of_Chile) (PUC), where he was a student of [Jaime Guzmán](/source/Jaime_Guzm%C3%A1n). 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. While serving as vice-rector, he was elected dean of the school in December 2014 and assumed his duties in January 2015.{{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}}{{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}} In May 2013, the [Senate of Chile](/source/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. ==Public career== ===2023 Constitutional Council=== In 2023, during [the constitutional process of that year](/source/Constitutional_Council_(Chile)), the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile) appointed him a member of the Expert Commission to draft a new Constitution. Frontaura was appointed to the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(Chile%2C_2019))'s seat.{{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](/source/Canal_13_(Chile))|date=5 August 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}{{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](/source/Emol)|date=9 May 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}} He served on the Subcommittee on Principles, Civil, and Political Rights, and later joined the joint commission to resolve discrepancies regarding the constitutional draft.{{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](/source/La_Tercera)|date=5 May 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}}{{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}}{{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](/source/Canal_13_(Chile))|date=5 October 2023|accessdate=8 June 2025}} The proposed constitution was rejected after [a referendum in December](/source/2023_Chilean_constitutional_referendum). ==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] {{DEFAULTSORT:Frontaura, Carlos}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Chilean Roman Catholics Category:Chilean people of Spanish descent Category:Chilean lawyers Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Category:Academic staff of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Category:Expert commissioners of the 2023 Chilean Constitutional Council --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Carlos Frontaura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Frontaura) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Frontaura?action=history)). 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