José Antonio González Pizarro
José Antonio González | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 7 June 2023 – 7 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | Antofagasta Region |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1953 |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse | Erika Steller |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Historian |
José Antonio González Pizarro (born 25 December 1953) is a Chilean politician who served in the Constitutional Council.[2]
He is the author or co-author of more than 200 publications, including books and articles in indexed academic journals.[3] Since 1993, he has served as principal investigator for projects funded by FONDECYT and has participated as an associate researcher in Millennium Nucleus programs.[3]
He has been a full professor at the Catholic University of the North since 1990 and teaches in several master’s programs at that institution, as well as in the PhD program in History at the University of Tarapacá.[3] Representing the Catholic University of the North, he was a candidate for the National History Prize of Chile in 2022.[3]
Biography
González was born in Antofagasta on 25 December 1953.[3] His parents are Gustavo Alberto González Vargas and Pilar Pizarro Varas.[3]
He has been married to Erika Steller Tello Bianchi since 5 June 1981.[3]
He pursued his higher education at the University of the North (now the Catholic University of the North), where he graduated in 1979 as a teacher of History, Geography, and Civic Education.[3] He later earned a PhD in Philosophy and Letters, with a specialization in History, from the University of Navarra in Spain in 1985.[3]
Political career
He is a member of several academic and scientific associations.[3] He serves as a corresponding member of the Chilean Academy of History (Institute of Chile), the Chilean Society of History and Geography, and the Association of History of Chile, among others.[3]
He was a member of the History Commission that advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile in the case litigated with Bolivia before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.[3]
In the elections held on 7 May 2023, González ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Council representing the 3rd electoral district of the Antofagasta Region, as an independent candidate on the list of the Democratic Revolution party within the Unidad para Chile electoral pact.[3] According to the Electoral Qualification Court (TRICEL), he was elected with 32,439 votes.[3]
References
- ^ "Universidad Católica del Norte postulará al Premio Nacional de Historia al académico e investigador, Dr. José Antonio González Pizarro". La Tercera. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Académico UCN integrará Consejo Constitucional encargado de redactar nueva carta magna". Noticias UCN. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Biographical profile". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2026.