Héctor Urban

Héctor Enrique Urban Astete is a Chilean politician who served in the Constitutional Council.
With ties to the Sociedad Nacional de la Agricultura, he comes from a right-wing family linked to the agricultural industry.
Together with his family he owns several farms in the area, including the 360-hectare Santa Melanie farm, where wheat, oats and rapeseed are grown. This land possession has brought successive problems with Mapuche armed groups.

Biography

His family history in Chile began in 1903, when his great-grandfather Enrique Urban immigrated to the country and bought the Montenegro estate, in Ercilla, 80 kilometers north of Temuco.
Urban was born in Victoria, Araucanía Region in 1971, to a family of Swiss immigrants who settled in what would become the 'red zone' of the conflict in Araucanía, next to the community of Temucuicui. He grew up in the family home located on the outskirts of Ercilla.
After leaving high school, in early 90s, he traveled to Osorno to study agricultural and forestry engineering. After graduating, he became vice president of the Malleco Province Farmers Association.
The multiple attacks on his property distanced him from the centre-right due to his lack of effectiveness in security. This brought him closer to conservative politician, José Antonio Kast, whom he met in 2018 during a visit to Araucanía.
On May 7, 2023, Urban obtained a seat in the Constitutional Convention.