Jorge Schaulsohn, a click of your story ...
The story of Jorge Schaulsohn Brodsky begins December 22, 1952, date of birth. During his childhood marked by fellowship, seeking the common good and very easy to socialize.
His school career was held at the José Victorino Lastarria school, where he also played the role of leader of the radical youth and began his commitment to politics.
And, even with their involvement in the radical youth was his first action in this field, commitment to the social and political issue was inherited from his father, who was deputy for Santiago and a member of the Constitutional Court during the government of Salvador Allende .
With this background, the George of 18 years decided to study law.
His college life was not without its missteps and categorical changes ... began studying at the University of Concepción and the time chosen by moving to the University of Chile, but because of the historical context (1973), had to leave the United States. Finally, already living in that country, he attended law school at New York University and The Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.
meantime, without neglecting their studies, initiated an affair with Patricia Frenz, whom she later married and had two children, Camille and Nicolas.
Already in the mid-80s returned to Chile and immediately joined the Radical Party, also participated actively in the committee for free elections.
Without leaving politics, he formed his own law firm specializing in international law whose offices were distributed in Santiago, Boston and New York.
had a significant stake in Chilean politics by founding (along with other opponents of the military government) Party for Democracy, PPD , in the late '80s. Same time that worked hard for the NO campaign.
Already in 1994 became president of the Chamber of Deputies and a member of the Finance Committee of the House played a key role in the development of the current Banking Law. Worked extensively in the field of trade and chaired the Special Committee approved the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Canada.
Then there was a period of two years when he left politics aside to focus on their work forces, to return in glory and majesty to run for mayor of Santiago in 2004 municipal elections .
At that time the militant of the Alliance for Chile, and a great opponent of Schaulsohn, Raúl Alcaíno was who won the battle.
During the pre election context, the conglomerate PPD gambled all his letters that would Schaulsohn the big winner, and this could mean a great victory for the coalition because it would an omen of the vote in presidential polls for 2005.
No doubt this caused controversy in the opposition, who argued that the municipal elections had presidencializado to take a challenging approach to the right, which was supported largely by the omnipresence of President Ricardo Lagos.
Thus, the choice of Santiago took a symbolic and defining as the governor and political power is concerned.
But despite the victory ensured that the Democrats have in exposing said Jorge Schaulsohn as a representative, the results showed another picture, a very different, where Raul and the Chilean right Alcaíno taking the lead in one of the most important governors of our country, the city of Santiago.
Alliance's victory at that time came to demonstrate once again that in Chile there are two major political blocs left-right and center, "and that even though many say they are sure of a possible continuity of government, anything can happen.
After this defeat left him partially Schaulsohn the public sphere, leaving a central part of what might be called 'celebrity Creole' ...
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