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| Juan Antonio Coloma Correa | |
|---|---|
| Name | Juan Antonio Coloma Correa |
| Birth date | 1956-03-08 |
| Birth place | Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Occupation | Politician, Lawyer |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Office | Senator of the Republic of Chile |
| Term start | 2014 |
Juan Antonio Coloma Correa is a Chilean politician and lawyer who has served as a member of the Senate of Chile and as a prominent figure in the Independent Democratic Union. He is noted for his legislative work on finance, constitutional matters, and regional development, and for his long-standing involvement in Chilean center-right politics alongside figures from National Renewal and other conservative movements. Coloma Correa's career intersects with institutions such as the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, the Constitution of Chile, and the Investigations Police of Chile through policy debates and public controversies.
Coloma Correa was born in Santiago, Chile and educated in Chilean institutions including the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he studied law alongside contemporaries from University of Chile and alumni active in the Christian Democratic Party (Chile) and Socialist Party of Chile. During his formative years he engaged with student groups and legal clinics that had ties to regional centers such as the Metropolitan Region (Chile) and municipal administrations in Las Condes. His academic background placed him in networks that included legal scholars connected to the Supreme Court of Chile and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Chile).
Coloma Correa's political trajectory has been tied to the Independent Democratic Union where he has worked with leaders from Sebastián Piñera's circles and coalition partners in the Alliance (Chile) and later Chile Vamos. He has held elective office including seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and the Senate of Chile, representing constituencies in regions that intersect with municipalities like Pirque, Puente Alto, and provincial jurisdictions within the Santiago Metropolitan Region. His senatorial work occurred during presidencies of Michelle Bachelet and Sebastián Piñera, involving legislative interactions with ministries such as the Ministry of Finance (Chile) and the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Chile). Coloma Correa has been a member of Senate committees that coordinate with institutions like the Central Bank of Chile and the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero.
In the legislature Coloma Correa advanced initiatives on taxation, regional development, and constitutional reform, debating measures against counterparts from the Party for Democracy (Chile), Radical Party of Chile, and Communist Party of Chile. He sponsored bills concerning the Servicio de Impuestos Internos framework and engaged in high-profile debates over pensions with representatives of the Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones and proposals linked to the Constitution of Chile (1980) reform process. Coloma Correa took stances on public safety in coordination with proposals from the Carabineros de Chile leadership and on economic recovery with positions aligned to Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism (Chile) proposals. He participated in inter-party dialogues with figures from Evópoli and the Humanist Party of Chile during national consultations on social policy and infrastructure funding drawn from discussions with the Comisión para la Verdad y la Reconciliación-era institutions and post-reform commissions.
Coloma Correa's career has included public controversies covered in debates with political adversaries from the Broad Front (Chile) and investigative reporting by media outlets linked to coverage of the 2019–2020 Chilean protests. He has faced scrutiny in episodes involving campaign financing and allegations that prompted inquiries by bodies such as the Fiscalía Nacional Económica and parliamentary ethics committees of the Senate of Chile. Legal and ethical questions arising in his career engaged institutions like the Investigations Police of Chile and generated disputes with legal teams connected to the Supreme Court of Chile and attorneys with ties to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile oversight processes.
Coloma Correa belongs to a family with political ties in Chilean conservative circles and has personal associations across municipal and regional leaders in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and national party structures including Independent Democratic Union leadership. He has received recognitions from local chambers of commerce in constituencies such as Maipo Province and acknowledgments from civic organizations with links to the Catholic Church in Chile for community work. Outside politics he has been associated with legal practice and commentary alongside scholars from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and former public officials from administrations of Ricardo Lagos and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle.
Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Senate of Chile Category:Independent Democratic Union politicians Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni