Fernando Atria Lemaitre (born 1968) is a Chilean intellectual, lawyer, university teacher and politician. Atria has been an avid participant of the intellectual debates about reforms in the Chilean education system and the Constitution of Chile.
Fernando Atria | |
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| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 10th District |
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| Born | 30 October 1968 New York, United States |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Political party | Socialist Party (2010–2019) Common Force (2020–2022) Social Convergence (2022–) |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
He has been called by El Mostrador "the ideologue of the 2011 Chilean student protests".[1] Writing in El Desconcierto in 2018 pundit Rodrigo Karmy Bolton posits that Fernando Atria is Axel Kaiser's main "intellectual enemy".[2] Similarly, there have been centre-right intellectuals like Hugo Eduardo Herrera who have been strong critics of Atria.[3]
In the 2021 Chilean Constitutional Convention election Atria won a seat into the Constitutional Convention that drafted a new constitution proposal for Chile.[4][5] During this time Atria made frequent TV appearances defending the work of the convention and the proposed constitution.
References
edit- ^ "Atria, idéologo del movimiento del 2011 y militante PS, también se lanza a la presidencial". El Mostrador (in Spanish). September 25, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ Karmy Bolton, Rodrigo (2018-03-19). "La tiranía de Axel Kaiser, un idólatra del mercado". El Desconcierto. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Hugo Herrera, filósofo: "Tanto Atria como la derecha más extrema enturbian el debate y no permiten entendimientos"". CNN Chile. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Abogado Fernando Atria es electo y será parte de la Convención Constituyente". Mega. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Con Atria, Marinovic y Politzer: Estos son los constituyentes que representarán al Distrito 10". Canal 13. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.