Franco Parisi

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Franco Parisi

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| caption = Parisi in 2021

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|8|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| party = Party of the People

| occupation = Business engineer

| spouse = {{marriage|Laura Lee Campbell|1996|2009|end=divorced}}
Denise Tarziján{{Cite web|url=http://www.redicu.cl/en_que_estan/show?id=51|title=Denisse Tarziján Tuchie - Egresada 2002|accessdate=4 June 2012|work=Red-ICU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207034326/http://www.redicu.cl/en_que_estan/show?id=51|archive-date=7 December 2009|url-status=dead}}

| parents = Zandra Fernández Ledesma
Antonino Parisi Sepúlveda

| children = 2{{Cite web|url=http://diario.elmercurio.com/detalle/index.asp?id={6802695a-1612-4696-90dd-e6a539522abc}|title=Nacimientos|accessdate=10 May 2012|date=18 August 2007|work=El Mercurio}} {{subscription required}}

| residence = Santiago, Chile

| signature = Firma de Franco Parisi.png

| alma_mater = Instituto Nacional
University of Chile (BA)
University of Georgia (PhD)

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20141217235710/http://parisi2014.cl/ parisi2014.cl]

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Franco Aldo Parisi Fernández (born 25 August 1967){{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-JeSdAMjhqlY1BqSHppQkhtb0E|title=Certificado de Matrimonio|accessdate=23 May 2012|date=10 May 2012|work=Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación de Chile|format=JPG}} is a Chilean business engineer and economist. He received recognition for doing radio and television programs about economy along with his brother Antonino Parisi, and has been nicknamed "the economist of the people".{{Cite web|url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/opinion/2012/05/09/parisi-el-economista-del-pueblo|title=El Mostrador: El Economista del Pueblo|publisher=El Mostrador|date=9 May 2012|accessdate=12 May 2012|language=Spanish|archive-date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512064402/http://www.elmostrador.cl/opinion/2012/05/09/parisi-el-economista-del-pueblo/|url-status=dead}} In 2012 he launched his independent candidacy for president for the 2013 elections in Chile.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Impreso/2012/01/717494/franco-parisi-se-lanza-como-precandidato-a-la-presidencia|title=Franco Parisi se lanza como precandidato a la Presidencia|publisher=La Segunda|date=30 January 2012|accessdate=11 May 2012|language=Spanish}} Parisi ideologically identifies himself as a social liberal.{{cite news|url=http://www.biobiochile.cl/2012/11/24/franco-parisi-niega-apoyo-a-politicos-tradicionales-en-posible-2da-vuelta-presidencial.shtml|title=Franco Parisi niega apoyo a políticos tradicionales en posible 2da vuelta presidencial|work=Radio Bío Bío|date=24 November 2012|accessdate=7 October 2013|language=Spanish}} In November 2021 he reached the third place of votes in the first round of the presidential elections, behind José Antonio Kast and Gabriel Boric.{{Cite web|last=P|first=Carlos Reyes|date=2021-11-22|title=Franco Parisi se impone a Provoste y Sichel, los candidatos de los partidos que lideraron Chile por 30 años|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/franco-parisi-se-impone-a-provoste-y-sichel-los-candidatos-de-los-partidos-que-lideraron-chile-por-30-anos/OGVKQH2CHFE7FNKX5FKP3T4W74/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=La Tercera}}

Parisi had refrained from visiting Chile for several years, reportedly due to an outstanding warrant related to unpaid child support.{{Cite web |last= |title=Franco Parisi, que permanece fuera de Chile, enfrenta orden de arraigo por deuda de pensión alimenticia |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/presidenciales/franco-parisi-que-permanece-fuera-de-chile-enfrenta-orden-de-arraigo/2021-09-19/212543.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Cooperativa.cl |language=Spanish}} However, he has since resolved this matter and visited Chile in 2023 for campaign purposes.{{Cite web |last= |title=Franco Parisi regresa a Chile para liderar gira del PDG en apoyo a sus candidatos a consejeros constitucionales |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2023/04/18/1092527/parisi-regresa-chile-pgd-consejeros.html |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Emol.com |date=18 April 2023 |language=Spanish}}

Biography

Parisi was born in Santiago de Chile on 25 August 1967. He studied at the Escuela Experimental Salvador Sanfuentes, and completed his secondary studies at the Instituto Nacional. He also briefly studied at Chile's Military Academy. He graduated with a degree in business administration at the University of Chile, and obtained a doctorate in the same subject at the University of Georgia.{{Cite web|url=http://parisielpoderdelagente.cl/site/bienvenidos/|title=Franco Parisi|work=parisiepoderdelagente.cl|accessdate=10 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508205841/http://parisielpoderdelagente.cl/site/bienvenidos/|archive-date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead}}

Parisi served as visiting professor at Rice University (2002–03), University of Alabama (2000), University of Georgia (1999), and Georgetown University. {{cite web|url=http://www.postgradouchile.cl/wp-content/uploads/doc/CV_franco_parisi.pdf|title=Franco Parisi Fernández|work=FEN|accessdate=17 May 2012|publisher=University of Chile}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He has held academic positions at Texas Tech University and the University of Alabama, the former which ended after allegations of sexual harassment from university students. {{cite web|url=https://www.kcbd.com/story/32169926/investigates-update-former-ttu-professor-out-of-classroom-after-kcbd-story/|title=INVESTIGATES UPDATE: Former TTU professor out of classroom after KCBD story |date=8 June 2016 }} In Chile, he was a professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile, where he also worked as a vice dean and interim dean in 2010{{cite web|url=http://economia.terra.cl/noticias/noticia.aspx?idNoticia=201005241749_INV_79006591|title=Franco Parisi enciende elecciones de decano para Facultad de Economía de la U. de Chile|work=Terra|date=24 May 2010|accessdate=10 May 2012}} and was a member of the Group of Monetary Politics (Grupo de Política Monetaria).{{cite web|url=http://gpm.facea.uchile.cl/contenido/miembros.html|title=Sus miembros|work=Grupo de Política Monetaria|accessdate=17 May 2012|publisher=University of Chile|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709093439/http://gpm.facea.uchile.cl/contenido/miembros.html|archive-date=9 July 2012|url-status=dead}} He ran for dean but lost the election to Manuel Agosín.{{cite web|url=http://radio.uchile.cl/2010/06/10/manuel-agosin-es-el-nuevo-decano-de-la-facultad-de-economia-y-negocios-de-la-universidad-de-chile|title=Manuel Agosín es el nuevo decano de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile|work=Radio U. Chile|date=10 June 2010|accessdate=19 August 2013}} He also worked at the for-profit Andrés Bello National University, where he was appointed dean of the Business Faculty, and, subsequently became the dean of the Chilean Institute for Executive Development (IEDE), both owned by Laureate International Universities. He resigned the office in July 2012.{{cite web|url=http://diario.latercera.com/2012/07/21/01/contenido/reportajes/25-114229-9-parisi-entra-a-escena.shtml|title=Parisi entra a escena|work=La Tercera|date=21 July 2012|accessdate=19 August 2013|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193817/http://diario.latercera.com/2012/07/21/01/contenido/reportajes/25-114229-9-parisi-entra-a-escena.shtml|url-status=dead}}

In the 1990s, Parisi worked as a junior part-time government advisor in different issues. On 10 June 2010 he was appointed councilor of the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) by president Sebastián Piñera. He left office on 10 June 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theclinic.cl/2012/07/28/exclusivo-la-contradiccion-secreta-de-franco-parisi-sobre-su-salida-de-cochilco/|title=Exclusivo: la contradicción secreta de Franco Parisi sobre su salida de Cochilco|work=The Clinic|date=28 July 2012|accessdate=28 July 2012}}

During 2011, following a controversy with local retailer La Polar, Parisi made several appearances in Chilean radio and television and his economy phenomena explanations in colloquial terms started to become his trademark.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cambio21.cl/cambio21/site/artic/20120509/pags/20120509140615.html|title=Las dos caras del fenómeno político del momento: Franco Parisi. Analista del PNUD afirma: "Mostrarse desvinculado de los partidos da créditos electorales"|work=Cambio21|accessdate=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512235306/http://www.cambio21.cl/cambio21/site/artic/20120509/pags/20120509140615.html|archive-date=12 May 2012|url-status=dead}} At midyear, Parisi started a TV show called Los Parisi: el poder de la gente (The Parisis: the power of the people), a television program hosted by him and his brother Antonino Parisi. The program was initially broadcast on Vía X,{{Cite web|url=http://www.walabi.cl/2011/07/via-x-y-el-sorpresivo-estreno-de-los-parisi/|title=Via X y el sorpresivo estreno de Los Parisi|work=Walabi|date=28 July 2011|accessdate=11 May 2012|archive-date=4 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404160417/http://www.walabi.cl/2011/07/via-x-y-el-sorpresivo-estreno-de-los-parisi/|url-status=dead}} and then in La Red.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lared.cl/programas/mas/los-parisi/|title=Los Parisi|work=La Red|accessdate=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520210609/http://www.lared.cl/programas/mas/los-parisi/|archive-date=20 May 2012|url-status=dead}} In March 2012, he advised the leaders of the protests in Aysén.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eldinamo.cl/2012/03/13/los-parisi-en-aysen-esta-region-paga-us40-millones-en-iva-e-impuestos-especificos-y-piden-un-descuento-10-millones/|title=Los Parisi en Aysén: "Lo que está pidiendo la gente no es abultado, como ha dicho el gobierno"|work=El Dínamo|date=13 March 2012|accessdate=11 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801050145/http://www.eldinamo.cl/2012/03/13/los-parisi-en-aysen-esta-region-paga-us40-millones-en-iva-e-impuestos-especificos-y-piden-un-descuento-10-millones/|archive-date=1 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

=Presidential candidacy=

He announced his presidential pre-candidacy as an independent on 30 January 2012, and called for "independent primaries" against Marco Enríquez-Ominami;{{cite web|url=http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Impreso/2012/01/717494/franco-parisi-se-lanza-como-precandidato-a-la-presidencia|title=Franco Parisi se lanza como precandidato a la Presidencia|work=La Segunda|date=30 January 2012|accessdate=12 December 2012}} however, Enríquez-Ominami declined the proposal.{{cite web|url=http://www.meganoticias.cl/politica/franco-parisi-le-responde-a-meo:-%E2%80%9Cle-propuse-ir-a-primarias-y-me-dijo-si%E2%80%9D.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926091004/http://www.meganoticias.cl/politica/franco-parisi-le-responde-a-meo:-%E2%80%9Cle-propuse-ir-a-primarias-y-me-dijo-si%E2%80%9D.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2013|title=Franco Parisi le responde a MEO: "Le propuse ir a primarias y me dijo sí"|work=Meganoticias|date=1 February 2012|accessdate=12 December 2012}} Although some members of the Regionalist Party of the Independents (PRI) wanted the party to support Parisi,{{cite web|url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/ahora/2012/12/08/pri-lanza-nuevo-sitio-web-para-acercar-candidatura-independiente-de-franco-parisi/|title=PRI lanza nuevo sitio web para acercar candidatura independiente de Franco Parisi|work=El Mostrador|date=8 December 2012|accessdate=8 July 2013|archive-date=26 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926050805/http://www.elmostrador.cl/ahora/2012/12/08/pri-lanza-nuevo-sitio-web-para-acercar-candidatura-independiente-de-franco-parisi/|url-status=dead}} the PRI ended up promoting their own candidate, Ricardo Israel. Members of RN requested their directive board "freedom of action" to support Parisi.{{cite web|url=http://www.24horas.cl/politica/decision2013/rn-baja-perfil-a-descolgados-que-apoyan-a-franco-parisi-809865|title=RN baja perfil a "descolgados" que apoyan a Franco Parisi|work=24 Horas|date=26 August 2013|accessdate=17 September 2013}}

In early June 2013, Parisi announced the collection of fifty thousand signatures of people supporting his candidacy,{{cite web|url=http://www.lanacion.cl/parisi-celebro-las-50-mil-firmas-y-va-por-70-mil/noticias/2013-06-01/230043.html|title=Parisi celebró las 50 mil firmas y va por las 70 mil|work=La Nación|date=1 June 2013|accessdate=3 July 2013|archive-date=26 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926054952/http://www.lanacion.cl/parisi-celebro-las-50-mil-firmas-y-va-por-70-mil/noticias/2013-06-01/230043.html|url-status=dead}} which allowed him to register his candidacy before the Electoral Service of Chile on 7 August 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/08/674-536713-9-con-52-mil-firmas-franco-parisi-inscribe-candidatura-presidencial-independiente.shtml |title=Con 52 mil firmas, Franco Parisi inscribe candidatura presidencial independiente |work=La Tercera |date=7 August 2013 |accessdate=13 August 2013 |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019163925/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2013/08/674-536713-9-con-52-mil-firmas-franco-parisi-inscribe-candidatura-presidencial-independiente.shtml |url-status=dead }}

Personal life

On 16 June 1996, he married Laura Lee Campbell in Clarke, Georgia, United States; the couple divorced on 5 January 2009.Tercer Juzgado de Familia de Santiago, causa rol C-4689-08

Works

{{cite book|title=Análisis y gestión de créditos|publisher=Ediciones Copygraph|last1=Parisi F.|first1=Franco|last2=Parisi F.|first2=Antonino|last3=Cornejo|first3=E.|year=2006}}
{{cite book|title=Corporate Governance in Chile: A Revision|publisher=Research in International Business and Finance|last1=Parisi F.|first1=Franco|last2=Parisi F.|first2=Antonino|last3=Godoy|first3=R.|year=2001}}
{{cite book|title=Teoría de inversiones|publisher=Parisi Media|last1=Parisi F.|first1=Franco|last2=Parisi F.|first2=Antonino|year=2004}} (CD-ROM)
{{cite book|title=Estructuras financieras|publisher=Parisi Media|last1=Parisi F.|first1=Franco|last2=Parisi F.|first2=Antonino|year=2004}} (CD-ROM)
{{cite book|title=Política y administración de créditos|publisher=Parisi Media|last1=Parisi F.|first1=Franco|last2=Parisi F.|first2=Antonino|year=2004}} (CD-ROM)