Diego Paulsen
Diego Paulsen | |
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Official portrait, 2014 | |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 7 April 2020 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Vice President | Francisco Undurraga Rodrigo González Torres |
| Preceded by | Iván Flores |
| Succeeded by | Raúl Soto |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Constituency | District 22 |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Enrique Estay |
| Succeeded by | District dissolved |
| Constituency | District 49 of Araucanía |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1987 Temuco, Chile |
| Party | National Renewal |
| Spouse | María Valentina García |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Adolfo Ibáñez University Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PgD) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Law graduate |
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Diego Alfredo Paulsen Kehr (born 1 August 1987) is a Chilean politician who served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2020 to 2022, and as has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2020, representing District 22 of Araucanía.
He is the youngest person to hold the position of President of the Chamber of Deputies, being elected in April 2020 at the age of 32. As President of the Chamber of Deputies, Paulsen is third in the presidential line of succession, after the Minister of the Interior and Public Security and the President of the Senate.
Paulsen was first elected to Congress in 2013 representing District 49 of Araucanía and then reelected in 2017 representing the newly created District 22. He is a member of the liberal conservative National Renewal Party.