Juan José Santa Cruz Explained

Juan José Santa Cruz
Birth Date:	1959 4, df=y^[1]
Birth Place:	Santiago, Chile
Nationality:	Chilean
Party:	Christian Democratic (−2015) Citizens (2015–2018) Independent close to centre-right (2018–)
Alma Mater:	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Occupation:	Politician
Profession:	Lawyer
Parents:	Andrés Santa Cruz Serrano Mercedes López Latorre
Relatives:	Andrés Santa Cruz López (brother)^[2] ^[3]
Spouse:	Catalina^[4]

Juan José Santa Cruz López^{[1] [5]} (born 26 April 1959) is a Chilean lawyer, businessman^[3] and politician.

In 2010, he was a founding member of El Dínamo newspaper alongside Sebastián Sichel (then Sebastián Iglesias).^[6]

Biography

He was born within the marriage between Andrés Santa Cruz Serrano and Mercedes López Latorre, granddaughter of Admiral Juan José Latorre, Chilean hero during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). Despite his family was of christian-democratic tendencies, his brother Andrés was a collaborator of Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1990). Nevertheless, Juan José opposed the military regime voting against the 1980 Constitution of Chile.^[7]

On 5 April 2018, he refused being President of Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) board.^[8] Then, on 14 June, he broke up with Citizens —his party— after differences with Andrés Velasco.^[9]

Since December 2020, it made massively known his work by Sebastián Sichel campaign.^{[10] [11]}

External links

• Juan José Santa Cruz on Twitter

Notes and References

1. Web site: Juan José Santa Cruz López. Genealogía en Red. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
2. Web site: Juan José Santa Cruz: Las redes del ex DC que Piñera quiere para presidir TVN. La Tercera. María José. Ahumada. 4 April 2018. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
3. Web site: Las extensas redes de Andrés Santa Cruz, el hombre que se perfila para liderar la CPC. Economía y Negocios. Alejandro Sáez. Silvana Celedón. 3 March 2013. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
4. Web site: Juan José Santa Cruz: Nada es perfecto. La Tercera. Ximena. Riquelme. 10 February 2017. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
5. Web site: Las redes de poder de Sebastián Sichel y su escudero Juan José Santa Cruz López. La Voz de los que sobran. Héctor. Cárcamo Silva. 23 March 2021. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
6. Web site: La Concertación se repliega y comienza a pensar en medios. Urquieta . Claudia . El Mostrador. 1 February 2010. 5 July 2021. es.
7. Web site: Convergencia Liberal–Juan José Santa Cruz #MesaCentral. Convergencia Liberal. 28 July 2020. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
8. Web site: Se complica la presidencia de TVN: Juan José Santa Cruz rechaza el cargo y Francisco de la Maza se baja de la carrera. La Tercera. María José Ahumana. Sebastián Rivas. 5 April 2018. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
9. Web site: Santa Cruz en picada contra Velasco: lo acusa de personalismo y lo compara con Enríquez-Ominami. El Mostrador. 14 June 2018. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
10. Web site: Juan José Santa Cruz, el escudero de Sichel: “Sebastián tiene todas las posibilidades de ganar la primaria”. La Tercera. 28 December 2020. 11 June 2021. Spanish.
11. Web site: Juan José Santa Cruz, coordinador de Sichel y la esquiva invitación formal a la primaria: “No es algo ridículo de solicitar”. La Tercera. 10 March 2021. 11 June 2021. Spanish.