Ignacio Balbontín

Ignacio Balbontín
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 1994 – 11 March 1998
Preceded byHernán Bosselin
Succeeded byCarlos Olivares
Constituency18th District
Personal details
Born(1940-06-18)18 June 1940
Died18 September 2015(2015-09-18) (aged 75)
PartyChristian Democratic Party (DC)
SpouseMaría Sofía Lecaros
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSociologist

Ignacio Balbontín Arteaga (18 July 1940–18 August 2015) was a Chilean politician who served as deputy.

Between 1974 and 1978, he worked as a researcher at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), and held similar positions at the Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CED) between 1982 and 1990.

He also joined the Television Council of the University of Chile. He founded the Corporación de Desarrollo Solidario, serving as its Executive Director.