Manuel José Ossandón
{{Short description|Chilean politician (born 1962)}}
{{family name hatnote|Ossandón|Irarrázabal|lang=Spanish}}{{BLP citations needed|date=March 2025}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manuel José Ossandón Irarrázabal
| image = Manuel José Ossandón Irarrázabal.jpg
| caption =
| office1 = Senator of Santiago
| term_start1 = 11 March 2014
| predecessor1 = Ena von Baer
| successor1 =
| office2 = Mayor of Puente Alto
| term_start2 = 6 December 2000
| term_end2 = 6 December 2012
| predecessor2 = Sergio Roubilard
| successor2 = Germán Codina
| office3 = Mayor of Pirque
| term_start3 = 6 September 1992
| term_end3 = 6 December 2000
| predecessor3 = Hernan Prieto
| successor3 = Alejandro Rosales
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|8|24}}
| birth_place = Viña del Mar, Chile
| party = Renovación Nacional (2004–2016)
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Politician
| profession = agricultural technician
| children = Eight (among them, Manuel)
| relatives = Ximena Ossandón (sister)
| footnotes =
}}
Manuel José Ossandón Irarrázabal, colloquially Cote Ossandón, (born 24 August 1962 in Viña del Mar, Región de Valparaíso) is an agricultural technician and a senator of Chile for the 8th Senatorial District. He was elected during the parliamentarian elections of 2013, for the period 2014–2022. He was a member of Chilean center-right party Renovación Nacional (RN), but he renounced it in July 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/manuel-ossandon-renuncio-a-rn-para-tener-la-libertad-de-ir-a-primarias-o-a-primera-vuelta/ |title=Manuel Ossandón: "Renuncio a RN para tener la libertad de ir a primarias o a primera vuelta" |publisher=La Tercera |date=2016-07-17 |accessdate=2017-05-03}}
Early life
Ossandón was born in Chile in Viña del Mar and raised in Pirque. After his studies, he worked as an agricultural engineer. In the countryside, he witnessed high rates of rural poverty and inequalities there and throughout Chile.
Political career
A self-described social Christian, Ossandón's platform has emphasized poverty reduction, increased quality of life, and anti-corruption.{{cite web|url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/ossandon-presenta-proyecto-para-terminar-con-el-monopolio-de-transbank/ |title=Ossandón presenta proyecto para terminar con el monopolio de Transbank |publisher=La Tercera |date=2017-04-27 |accessdate=2017-05-03}}{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2017/04/03/852579/Ossandon-se-reune-con-contralor-general-y-anuncia-sus-10-medidas-presidenciales-contra-la-corrupcion.html |title=Ossandón se reúne con contralor general y anuncia sus 10 medidas presidenciales contra la corrupción |website=Emol.com |date= |accessdate=2017-05-03}}
Ossandón decided to run for mayor in the rural town of Pirque, a suburb of Santiago. He won with 21.86% of the votes and became mayor in 1992. He was re-elected for the next term, garnering 64.52% of the vote. In 2000, he decided to run for mayor in the largest municipality of Chile, Puente Alto. He won with 45% of the vote, was re-elected in 2004 with 60%, then re-elected again in 2008 with 70%.
Ossandón became a senator in 2014. He ran for president in 2017, obtaining 27,6% in the presidential primaries (Sebastian Piñera won the candidacy with 57,5% of the vote).
Ossandón submitted 34 motions in 2015, the most of any senator that year.{{cite web |date=2015-12-30 |title=Senador Ossandón destacado como el parlamentario que más proyectos presentó durante el 2015 |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/senador-ossandon-destacado-como-el-parlamentario-que-mas-proyectos-presento-durante-el-2015/ |accessdate=2017-05-03 |publisher=La Tercera}}
Ossandón was candidate to the primaries elections for the "Chile Vamos" coalition and the most popular candidate of the center right according to the CEP poll of 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.cepchile.cl/estudio-nacional-de-opinion-publica-noviembre-diciembre-2016/cep/2017-01-05/083311.html |title=Estudio Nacional de Opinión Pública, Noviembre-Diciembre 2016 - Centro de Estudios Públicos |website=Cepchile.cl |date=2017-01-05 |accessdate=2017-05-03}}
In May 2020, Ossandón contracted COVID-19 and recovered the following month.{{Cite web |url=https://www.eldinamo.cl/nacional/2020/05/18/coronavirus-chile-manuel-jose-ossandon/ |title=Manuel José Ossandón es el tercer senador contagiado con coronavirus |language=es |date=18 May 2020 |website=El Dínamo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/dia/2020/05/18/senador-manuel-jose-ossandon-da-positivo-a-test-covid-19-y-se-convierte-en-el-tercer-parlamentario-contagiado/|title=Senador Manuel José Ossandón da positivo a test Covid-19 y se convierte en el tercer parlamentario contagiado|language=es|date=18 May 2020|website=El Mostrador}} An opponent of same-sex marriage, he criticized President Sebastián Piñera for pushing the bill legalizing it in the Chilean Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2021/06/02/al-rojo-la-polemica-por-el-matrimonio-igualitario-en-chile-vamos-ossandon-califica-el-anuncio-como-una-punalada-tremenda-del-presidente-pinera/|title=Al rojo la polémica por el matrimonio igualitario en Chile Vamos: Ossandón califica el anuncio como "una puñalada tremenda" del Presidente Piñera|access-date=2022-02-08|date=2021-06-21|website=El Mostrador}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Manuel_Jos%C3%A9_Ossand%C3%B3n_Irarr%C3%A1zabal BCN Profile]
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Category:Chilean people of Basque descent
Category:National Renewal (Chile) politicians
Category:Mayors of Puente Alto
Category:Senators of the LIV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
Category:Senators of the LV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
Category:Senators of the LVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile