Carlos Kuschel
Carlos Kuschel | |
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| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 11 March 2030 | |
| Constituency | 12th Circumscription (Los Lagos Region) |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the district |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 11 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Rodolfo Stange |
| Succeeded by | Iván Moreira |
| Constituency | 12th Circumscription (Los Lagos Region) |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the district |
| Succeeded by | Marisol Turres |
| Constituency | District 57 |
| Mayor of Puerto Montt | |
| In office January 1989 – August 1989 | |
| Appointed by | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Federico Oelckers |
| Succeeded by | Martín Ercoreca |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1953 |
| Party | National Renewal |
| Spouse | Delia Rietzsch |
| Children | Four |
| Parent(s) | Ignacio Kuschel María Silva |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (Degree) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Economist |
Carlos Ignacio Kuschel Silva (born 16 March 1953) is a Chilean commercial engineer and politician of the National Renewal party.
He has served as a Senator for the 13th Circumscription of the Los Lagos Region since 2022. Previously, he served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and as Senator for the former 17th Circumscription, as well as mayor of Puerto Montt in 1989.
Kuschel is a co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Historical Heritage of the Llanquihue Province (Ceph). He also has been a columnist for the newspapers El Llanquihue, Estrategia and Estrella de Chiloé, and has occasionally written for El Austral de Osorno and El Austral de Valdivia.