Germán Becker Alvear
Germán Becker Alvear is a Chilean politician who served as member of the Constitutional Council and the Chamber of Deputies of his country.
Similarly, he was appointed as ambassador to Panama during Sebastián Piñera's second government.
Biography
Becker Alvear was born on 13 March 1955 in Temuco, the son of María Antonieta Alvear Campos and Germán Becker Baechler. He is the brother of Miguel Becker, who served as mayor of Temuco from 2008 to 2011.He was married to Marta Victoria Inés Carrera Campos and is the father of three daughters.
He completed his secondary education at the German School of Temuco. He later entered the University of Chile, where he studied civil engineering and obtained his professional degree.
From 1987 to 2000, Becker served as general manager of DACSA S.A. He also worked as an advisor to the Directorate of the Barros Luco-Trudeau Hospital.
Political career
Within the National Renewal Party, Becker served as district president in the Araucanía Region from 1995 to 1996, and again from 1999 to 2000. From 2000 onward, he has served as regional president of RN.From 1997 to 2000, he served as a municipal councillor of the Municipality of Temuco.
In the parliamentary elections of November 2013, Becker was re-elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing District No. 50 for the term 2014–2018, on behalf of the National Renewal Party.
In the elections held on 19 November 2017, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Senate of Chile representing the 11th Senatorial District, within the Chile Vamos coalition.
In 2023, Becker became a candidate for the Constitutional Council representing National Renewal on the Chile Seguro list in the Araucanía Region. He was elected with 50,943 votes, corresponding to 9.55% of the valid votes cast.