Alejandro Guillier

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guillier and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Alejandro René Eleodoro Guillier Álvarez (born 5 March 1953) is a Chilean sociologist, television and radio journalist, and independent politician. He is a senator of the 2nd District of Antofagasta and was the 2017 presidential candidate of the New Majority.^[1]

Alejandro Guillier
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2022
Preceded by	José Antonio Gómez
Succeeded by	Dissolution of the circunscription
Constituency	2nd Circunscription (Antofagasta Region)
Personal details
Born	Alejandro René Eleodoro Guillier Álvarez (1953-03-05) 5 March 1953 (age 72) La Serena, Chile
Political party	New Majority (2013–2018)
Other political affiliations	Social Democrat Radical Party

Guillier ran in the New Majority primary for the 2017 election and was the coalition's standard bearer in the 2017 presidential elections to replace term-limited president Michelle Bachelet. Among others, he faced former PPD president Ricardo Lagos before the latter's withdrawal from the contest.

Polling showed him to be competitive against Chile Vamos candidate Sebastián Piñera, although his support slipped in the run up to the election and after a series of splits between the traditional left coalition block.^[2]

Gullier is a freemason^[3] and a member of the Valparaíso Parliamentary Lodge since 2014.^[4]