Cristián Reitze

Cristián Reitze Campos
Cristián Reitze
Born (1950-03-13) 13 March 1950 (age 74)
Occupation(s)Chilean politician and businessman

Cristián Reitze Campos (13 March 1950) is a Chilean politician and businessman. He is a member of the Humanist Party of Chile (PH) and acted as president of the party. In 1993 he was one of the candidates for the presidency of Chile, representing the Humanist Green Alliance (Alianza Humanista Verde, AHV), but only gained 1.17% of the total valid votes; Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle was eventually elected.[1]

In the 1997 parliamentary elections, he was a candidate for senator for Santiago Poniente. After the elections, he continued to work inside the Humanist Party, and he dedicated himself to his family's business of selling cars.[2]

Electoral history

Presidential election, 1993

Candidate Alliance Party Votes % Result
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Concertación PDC 4.040.497 57,98 President
Arturo Alessandri Besa Unión por Chile Independent 1.701.324 24,41
José Piñera Echenique Independent Right-winged independent 430.950 6,18
Manfred Max-Neef Independent Ecologist 387.102 5,55
Eugenio Pizarro Poblete MIDA Communist Party of Chile 327.402 4,70
Cristián Reitze Campos The New Left Humanist Green Alliance 81.675 1,17

Parliamentary election, 1997

Candidate Alliance Party Votes % Result
Pía Figueroa Edwards Humanist PH 14.003 1,26
Cristián Reitze Campos Humanist PH 12.791 1,15
Jovino Novoa Vásquez Unión Por Chile UDI 229.008 20,56 Senator
Ángel Fantuzzi Hernández Unión Por Chile RN 153.278 13,76
Andrés Zaldívar Concertación por la Democracia PDC 309.370 27,77 Senator
Camilo Escalona Medina Concertación por la Democracia PS 177.965 15,98
Gladys Marín Millie The Left PC 174.780 15,69
José Miguel Vallejo Knockaert Chile 2000 ILE 38.038 3,41
Sergio Santander Sepúlveda Chile 2000 UCCP 4.733 0,42

References

  1. ^ a b "Votación País Presidencial 1993". elecciones.gob.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Los candidatos olvidados". El Mercurio. 11 November 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Votación candidatos por Circunscripción 7, Santiago Poniente, senadores 1997". elecciones.gob.cl. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.