Máximo Pavez

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

Máximo Pavez Cantillano (born 4 August 1983) is a Chilean lawyer.^[1] He is a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).^[2][3]

Máximo Pavez
Expert Commissioner of the Constitutional Council
In office 6 March 2023 – 7 November 2023
General Undersecretary of the Presidency
In office 6 January 2021 – 11 March 2022
Preceded by	Juan José Ossa
Succeeded by	Macarena Lobos
Councilman of Conchalí
In office 6 December 2012 – 6 December 2016
Personal details
Born	(1983-08-04) 4 August 1983 (age 42) Santiago, Chile
Political party	Independent Democratic Union (UDI)
Spouse	Muriel Espinoza
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Pavez has been a frequent advisor to think tanks in his political side, which has led him to collaborate on ministries and constitutional processes.^[4]

His career has allowed him to reach high-rank positions, such as undersecretary general of the presidency.^[5][6]

Biography

Pávez was born in Conchalí (Santiago, Chile) on August 4, 1983, to Máximo Francisco Ernesto Pavez Cerda and Gloria Patricia Cantillano Vergara. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Alonso de Ercilla Institute in downtown Santiago.

He continued his law studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), where he graduated with a law degree. Pávez later earned a master's degree in Laws at the PUC, where he currently teaches Constitutional Law at its Faculty.^[5] He later moved to Lampa, a town near Santiago.

Political career

During his time at the university, he was a student leader at the PUC for the Gremialist Movement, serving as president of the Law Student Center.

In 2007, Pavez was secretary general of the Student Federation (FEUC), a position he received from future congressman Pablo Vidal. There, he also had the opportunity to meet the mayor of Renca, Claudio Castro.

During Sebastián Piñera's first government (2010–2014), he served as a legislative advisor to Health Minister Jaime Mañalich.

In 2012, and parallel to his work within Piñera's administration, Pavez was elected as councilor of his hometown Conchalí, where simultaneously helped in legislative issue to the conservative think tank, Jaime Guzmán Foundation (FJG), which pays tribute to the founder of his party, the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).

At the think tank, he coordinated interpellations and constitutional accusations against ministers, in addition to advising the UDI bench in the Congress, as well as and other factions of the Chilean right-wing on investigative commissions, such as those in the Caval case.