Martín Arrau
Carlos Martín Arrau García-Huidobro is a Chilean industrial civil engineer and politician.
He served as the first Intendant of the Ñuble Region between 2018 and 2020 and was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention in 2021, representing the 19th District of the Ñuble Region.
Early life and family
Arrau was born on 6 March 1979 in Santiago, Chile. He is the son of Carlos Agustín Arrau Unzueta and Alicia Olga García-Huidobro Saavedra.He is married to Luz María Izquierdo Irarrázaval.
Education and professional career
Arrau completed his secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio El Bosque in Providencia. He later studied industrial civil engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.He worked professionally in companies such as Compañía Electro Metalúrgica, Empresas Curiagro S.A., and the Curimapu Seed Growers group, in areas related to finance, operations, and administration.
Political career
Arrau began his political career as a member of the Independent Democratic Union. Between 2010 and 2012, he served as Coordinator of Advisers at the Ministry of Agriculture (Chile), where he was responsible for monitoring infrastructure reconstruction following the 2010 Chile earthquake.In 2017, he was appointed a councillor of the Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura. On 26 February 2017, he was appointed Presidential Delegate for the establishment of the Ñuble Region. On 5 September 2018, President Sebastián Piñera confirmed his appointment as the first Intendant of the Ñuble Region, a position he held until 20 November 2020.
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, Arrau ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 19th District of the Ñuble Region as part of the Vamos por Chile electoral pact. He obtained 22,149 votes, corresponding to 14.1% of the valid votes cast, and was elected as a member of the Convention.
In 2023, he served as campaign manager for the candidates of the Republican Party of Chile in the election for the Constitutional Council.