{{Short description|Chilean politician}} {{family name hatnote|Quintana|Leal|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jaime Quintana | image = [[File:Jaime_Quintana_Leal.jpg|200px]] | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|8|22}} | birth_place = [[Lautaro, Chile]] | death_date = | death_place = | office1 = President of the [[Senate of Chile]] | term_start1 = 12 March 2019 | term_end1 = 17 March 2020 | predecessor1 = [[Carlos Montes Cisternas]] | successor1 = [[Adriana Muñoz D'Albora]] | office2 = Member of the [[Senate of Chile]] | constituency2 = 11th Circunscription ([[Atacama Region]]) | term_start2 = 11 March 2018 | term_end2 = 11 March 2026 | predecessor2 = ''Creation of the Circunscription'' | successor2 = | term_start3 = 11 March 2010 | term_end3 = 11 March 2018 | predecessor3 = [[Roberto Muñoz Barra]] | successor3 = Dissolution of the District | office4 = President of the [[Party for Democracy (Chile)|Party for Democracy]] | term_start4 = 11 June 2012 | term_end4 = 11 June 2016 | predecessor4 = [[Carolina Tohá]] | successor4 = [[Gonzalo Navarrete]] | office5 = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] | constituency5 = 49th District | term_start5 = 11 March 2002 | term_end5 = 11 March 2010 | predecessor5 = [[Miguel Hernández Saffirio]] | successor5 = [[Fuad Chahín]] | party = [[Socialist Party of Chile|Socialist Party]]<br/>[[Party for Democracy (Chile)|Party for Democracy]]<br/>(1997–present) | alma_mater = [[Pontifical Catholic University of Chile]] | occupation = [[Politician]] | profession = | parents = Daniel Quintana<br/>Blanca Leal | spouse = Susana Aguilera | children = Two | relatives = | footnotes = }} '''Jaime Daniel Quintana Leal''' (born 22 October 1967) is a [[Chilean people|Chilean]] [[politician]].

He was President of the [[Senate of Chile]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/noticias/jaime-quintana-leal-asumio-como-nuevo-presidente-del-senado/|title=Jaime Quintana Leal asumió como nuevo Presidente del Senado|publisher=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional|date=12 March 2019|accessdate=26 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/destacado/2020/03/14/a-dos-dias-de-dejar-la-presidencia-del-senado-jaime-quintana-propone-que-pinera-entregue-al-congreso-parte-de-sus-facultades/|title=A dos días de dejar la presidencia del Senado, Jaime Quintana propone que Piñera entregue al Congreso parte de sus facultades|publisher=[[El Mostrador]]|date=14 March 2020|accessdate=5 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2019/10/22/presidente-del-senado-senala-que-ahora-hay-gobierno-tras-discurso-de-pinera-y-su-agenda-social.shtml|title=Presidente del Senado señala que ahora "hay Gobierno" tras discurso de Piñera y su agenda social|publisher=[[Radio Bío-Bío]]|date=22 October 2019|accessdate=26 December 2021}}</ref>

== Biography == He was born on 22 October 1967 in [[Lautaro]]. He is the son of Daniel Quintana Lizama and Blanca Nieves Leal Lizama.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Jaime_Quintana_Leal |title=Jaime Quintana Leal – BCN Profile |website=[[Library of the National Congress of Chile]] |language=es |access-date=26 January 2026}}</ref>

He is married to sociologist Susana Aguilera, former mayor of [[Vilcún]] for two terms (2012–2016 and 2017–2021), and is the father of two daughters.<ref name="BCN" />

Quintana completed his primary education at Escuela Municipal Manuel Rodríguez and his secondary education at Liceo Pablo Neruda in [[Temuco]]. In 1986, he entered the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Chile]], where he studied Literature and obtained a degree in Educational Sciences and the professional title of State Teacher with a specialization in Spanish in 1990.

He later completed five years of Law studies at the [[Temuco Catholic University]]. He also attended courses in decentralized public management at the [[University of La Frontera]] in Temuco and in budgetary administration at the [[University of Chile]].<ref name="BCN" />

Professionally, he worked as a Literature professor at various universities and institutes in the [[Araucanía Region]].<ref name="BCN" />

== Political career == Quintana began his political activity in the 1980s during his school and university years as a student leader linked to the [[Socialist Party of Chile|Socialist Party]]. He later joined the [[Party for Democracy (Chile)|Party for Democracy]] (PPD), where he served as a national party leader.<ref name="BCN" />

In the 1997 elections, he ran as a candidate for the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] but was not elected. He subsequently served as Chief of Staff of the Intendancy of the [[Araucanía Region]], repeatedly assuming the duties of Acting Intendant.<ref name="BCN" />

In 1999, prior to running for Parliament, he was a member of the Special Commission tasked with analyzing the report of the Commission on Historical Truth and New Deal and the proposals arising from the Mapuche communal dialogues organized by Ministry of Planning (MIDEPLAN) based on the [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]] Human Development Report.<ref name="BCN" />

On 13 May 2012, he participated in the internal elections of the Party for Democracy representing the list “Chile mejor desde la izquierda,” which emerged victorious. On 11 June 2012, he formally assumed the presidency of the party’s executive committee, a position he held until 2016.<ref name="BCN" />

He ran as a candidate for deputy for the 23rd District of the Araucanía Region in the parliamentary elections held on 16 November 2025, representing the Party for Democracy within the Unidad por Chile coalition. He was not elected, obtaining 18,423 votes, equivalent to 4.30% of the valid votes cast.<ref name="BCN" />

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==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Jaime_Quintana_Leal BCN Profile]

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