Giorgio Jackson

Giorgio Jackson Drago
Giorgio Jackson in 2014
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Santiago district
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2014
Preceded by Felipe Harboe
President of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Federation
In office
26 November 2010 – 25 November 2011
Preceded by Joaquín Walker
Succeeded by Noam Titelman
Personal details
Born Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago
Viña del Mar, Chile
Nationality Chilean
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations		 Revolución Democrática
Nueva Acción Universitaria
Residence Santiago, Chile
Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Occupation Student of civil industrial engineering, majoring in Information Technologies.[1]
Website giorgiojackson.cl

Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago (born 6 February 1987) is a Chilean industrial engineering student, former student leader and politician.

He was the president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Federation (FEUC) for the 2010–11 term. During his term, he became one of the leaders of the student movement, as the spokesman of the Student Confederation of Chile (CONFECH). Jackson was elected as a deputy in the 2013 elections.

Biography

Giorgio Jackson was born in Viña del Mar, Chile, on 6 February 1987. He studied at Deutsche Schule Sankt Thomas Morus, a private school located in the Santiago commune of Providencia. He became a volunteer of Un Techo para Chile as he was studying in eleventh grade; he was involved with Un Techo para Chile for six years. He also played volleyball, becoming a member of the national team member for the 2004 Minors, and 2006 Youth categories.[2]

Student leader

Jackson with the other members of the FEUC directive board of 2010–11.

Jackson Drago completed his secondary studies in 2004, and was admitted to the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, as a student of civil industrial engineering, majoring in information technologies.[1] In 2008, he joined Nueva Acción Universitaria (New University Action, NAU), a student center-left movement. Later, Jackson participated in the creation of the UC Students' and Workers' Center, and worked in the organization as its general coordinator between 2009 and 2010. He also participated in the development committees for the Propedéutico UC proposal, for the access of students from low-income families, and in the negotiation against the rise of fees in 2009.[3]

In November 2010, Jackson was elected as the NAU candidate for the FEUC presidential elections. NAU obtained 33.9% of votes in the first round of elections, running against the Gremialista Movement (24.5%) in a runoff.[4] NAU eventually obtained 51.6% of votes in the runoff, with Jackson resulting elected as president.[5]

2011 student movement

Jackson in a student march.

As the president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Federation, Jackson was one of the main leaders of the student movement in 2011, along with Camila Vallejo (president of the University of Chile Student Federation), and Camilo Ballesteros (president of the University of Santiago de Chile Student Federation). In his role as spokesman of the Student Confederation of Chile (CONFECH), Jackson was very critical of the proposales made by the government of President Sebastián Piñera,[6] although he was one of the most moderate leaders.[7][8]

Jackson was part of several official meetings, including one before the Education Commission of the Senate of Chile, where he qualified as a "moral obligation that the State warrantees rights and not consumer goods" ("un mperativo moral que el Estado sea garante de derechos y no de bienes de consumo").[9] He also visited Europe, along with Camila Vallejo and Francisco Figueroa, where they exposed before the UNESCO, and met with intellectuals Stéphane Hessel and Edgar Morin.[10]

He is reportedly one of the leaders with best rates of approval,[11] reaching a 73 per cent.[12]

Political career

Jackson avoided referring to a possible political career during his leadership of the FEUC in 2011, stating that such a thing was not in his immediate plans.[13][14] However, he announced the creation of a left-wing political movement called Revolución Democrática (Democratic Revolution) on 7 January 2012.[15] In December 2012 he announced he would run for deputy of Santiago in the parliamentary election of 2013.[16] Although he is running as an independent candidate, he is supported by the member parties of the Nueva Mayoría (successor of the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia), who decided not to postulate candidates for the district.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago". Facebook. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Giorgio Jackson Drago". Radio Cooperativa - Opinión. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Nueva Acción Universitaria (2010). "Giorgio Jackson. Presidente FEUC NAU 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "NAU a segunda vuelta y 14 territoriales electos". Nueva Acción Universitaria. 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Centroizquierda NAU gana elecciones en la FEUC". LaNación.cl. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Giorgio Jackson: "Nunca pensamos que el Gobierno iba a jugar un póquer". La Tercera. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Henríquez, Jéssica; Barrientos, Irina (23 September 2011). "Radiografía a la Confech: La pugna que se desató entre los "ultras" y la "Jota"". La Segunda. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Yaikin, Boris (9 September 2011). "La trastienda de la Asamblea Confech: de las críticas a la mesa al espaldarazo a Jackson". El Dínamo. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  9. ↑ Buscaglia, Christian (17 August 2011). "Giorgio Jackson: "Es un imperativo moral que el Estado sea garante de derechos y no de bienes de consumo"". El Mostrador. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "El periplo de Camila Vallejo y Giorgio Jackson por Europa". Universia. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Newman, Lucia (29 September 2011). "New leader emerges in Chile schools movement". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "El termómetro de la crisis educacional". La Tercera. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "Giorgio Jackson y su futuro político". The Clinic. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  14. ↑ "Camila Vallejo y Giorgio Jackson, las caras del reclamo estudiantil". Observador Global. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  15. ↑ "Giorgio Jackson lanza partido y busca transformar el movimiento social en proyecto de poder". El Mostrador. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  16. ↑ "Giorgio Jackson confirmó en ADN Radio que se postulará como diputado por Santiago Centro". ADN Radio. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  17. ↑ "Nueva Mayoría se omite en Santiago y despeja candidatura a diputado de Giorgio Jackson". La Tercera. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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