Jorge Díaz Ibarra

Jorge Elías Gregorio Díaz Ibarra is a Chilean lawyer and politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the first Governor of the Arica and Parinacota Region from 2021 to 2024, following the creation of the office.
He previously served as a Regional Councillor for the province of Arica between 2018 and 2020, holding the presidency of the Regional Council during his term.
In the 2025 parliamentary elections, Díaz Ibarra was elected Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the 1st District as part of the Unidad por Chile coalition, obtaining 13.72% of the valid votes.

Biography

Díaz Ibarra is married to Verónica Valenzuela Velis and has two children, Cristóbal and Sebastián. He holds a law degree from the University of Tarapacá and completed a master's degree in Public Management and Public Policy. During his secondary education he served as President of the Federation of Secondary Students of Arica and Parinacota.
Professionally, he worked as a municipal delegate for the Municipality of Arica and later as a legal adviser to the Municipality of Camarones.

Political career

In 2017 he was elected Regional Councillor of Arica and Parinacota with 2,063 votes, subsequently becoming President of the Regional Council.
He resigned from the Regional Council in 2020 to run in the 2020 Unidad Constituyente primary for Regional Governor, winning with 63.33% of the vote. In the 2021 regional election, he won the runoff with 57.65%, becoming the first Regional Governor of Arica and Parinacota.
In 2024 he resigned from the governorship ahead of the parliamentary election deadline, in order to stand as a candidate in the 2025 legislative election.