Alejandro Guillier

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guillier and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.
Alejandro Guillier
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office
11 March 2014 – 11 March 2022
Preceded byJosé Antonio Gómez
Succeeded by Dissolution of the circunscription
Constituency2nd Circunscription (Antofagasta Region)
Personal details
Born
Alejandro René Eleodoro
Guillier Álvarez

(1953-03-05) 5 March 1953 (age 71)
La Serena, Chile
Political partyNew Majority (2013–2018)
Other political
affiliations		Social Democrat Radical Party

Alejandro René Eleodoro Guillier Álvarez (born 5 March 1953) is a Chilean sociologist, television and radio journalist, and independent politician. He is a senator of the 2nd District of Antofagasta and was the 2017 presidential candidate of the New Majority.[1]

Guillier ran in the New Majority primary for the 2017 election and was the coalition's standard bearer in the 2017 presidential elections to replace term-limited president Michelle Bachelet. Among others, he faced former PPD president Ricardo Lagos before the latter's withdrawal from the contest.

Polling showed him to be competitive against Chile Vamos candidate Sebastián Piñera, although his support slipped in the run up to the election and after a series of splits between the traditional left coalition block.[2]

Gullier is a freemason[3] and a member of the Valparaíso Parliamentary Lodge since 2014.[4]

  1. ^ "Alejandro René Eleodoro Guillier Álvarez". bcn.cl. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ Slattery, Gram (20 April 2017). "Chile Election Competitive despite Conservative Gains". Reuters.
  3. ^ "Masonería se moviliza para apoyar candidatura de Alejandro Guillier en la Nueva MayoríaEl Demócrata". El Demócrata (in Spanish). 18 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. ^ "El masón Guillier". La Tercera (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2017.