Miguel Crispi

Miguel Crispi (center) together with fellow party member Catalina Pérez Salinas (left) in 2021 during his time as deputy.

Miguel Crispi Serrano (born in France, 1985) is a Chilean politician of the political party Democratic Revolution. He has been student union leader, national deputy and more recently Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development in President Gabriel Boric's administration.

Crispi finished secondary education at Saint George's College, an elite school in Santiago, Chile's capital city.[1] In 2008 and 2009 he was president of the Student Federation of the Catholic University of Chile.[citation needed] He was elected national deputy in the 2017 elections with 7.33% of the valid votes in his district.[1] Having obtained 4.53% of the valid votes in his district in the 2021 elections Crispi failed to be reelected.[1] In the same election, his ally Gabriel Boric was elected president and Crispi was then assigned to the position of Undersecretary of Regional and Administrative Development. In connection to the Democracia Viva case that begun un June 2023 Crispi was represented by lawyer Luis Hermosilla until November 2023.[2] Various of Crispi's close relatives work in the government which have earned him and the Boric administration criticism.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Miguel Ernesto Crispi Serrano. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias
  2. ^ Cerda, Luis; Browne, Martín (2023-11-14). "Miguel Crispi decide dejar de ser representado por Luis Hermosilla en caso de líos de platas tras revelación de audio". La Tercera (in Spanish).
  3. ^ Carrillo, Constanza (2023-12-07). "Caso Crispi: Gobierno descarta "cambio de relato" de Boric por contratación de familiares". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ^ Browne, Martín (2023-12-07). "No es solo Crispi: los asesores del Segundo Piso de Boric que tienen familiares en el gobierno". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-08.