Arturo Squella

Luis Arturo Squella Ovalle is a Chilean politician.
From 2010 to 2018 he served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies for 12th District, representing the Unión Demócrata Independiente, a party in which he remained until 2019, before joining the Republican Party in that same year.

Early life

He is the son of the chemist and academic at the University of Chile, Arturo Squella Serrano, and María Beatriz Ovalle del Pedregal.
He completed his primary education at the Deutsche Schule Santiago and his secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio El Bosque.
He subsequently entered the Law programme at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer in 2007. During his university years, he was active in the Guildist Movement and was appointed Secretary-General of the Students Federation. In 2004 he was awarded a scholarship to continue his training at the Leadership Institute in the United States.

He is married to María de los Ángeles Vial Álamos; the couple have one daughter and one son.

From 2006 he worked at the Fundación Jaime Guzmán, principally in educational and training areas, and also served on the Training Commission of the Unión Demócrata Independiente. He was elected regional vice-president of the party for the Valparaíso Region.
In 2009 he stood as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies on behalf of the UDI, representing District No. 12, comprising the communes of Limache, Olmué, Villa Alemana and Quilpué, all in the Valparaíso Region. In the 2009 parliamentary election he was elected with 24.77% of the vote, taking office on 11 March 2010.
In 2013 he was re-elected to the Chamber with 27.96% of the vote, for the 2014–2018 term.
He has served as a full member of the Standing Committees on Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Regulations, and on Public Security of the Chamber of Deputies.
He chose not to seek re-election to the Chamber and supported the presidential candidacy of José Antonio Kast.