Gabriel Alemparte

José Gabriel Alemparte Mery (born 12 March 1981) is a Chilean politician and current vice-president of the reformist party, Democrats.

Alemparte gained relevance for his opposition to Gabriel Boric's government by promoting the rejection of the left-wing constitutional project (2022). He has been cited by both pro-government and Boric-opponent media, which have tended to criticize or highlight his statements on Sin Filtros (TV program) or Twitter–X. Nevertheless, he was in favor of changing the Augusto Pinochet-era constitution in 2020 and 2023, last failed attempt which was dominated by conservative right  (the Chilean Republican Party).

A close friend of Senator Ximena Rincón (also a former member of Chile's Christian Democracy), in 2022, Alemparte was a founding member of the then new Democrats party, whose goal is to be the heir to the values of the Chilean transition to democracy through the Concertación experience (centre-left coalition). Similarly, he was appointed as vice-president of the party in December 2022.

He is a columnist for La Tercera. Similarly, he has written for El Mostrador.

Career
In 2001, Alemparte joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), inspired by the figures of Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux and the former president Patricio Aylwin (1990−1994). He resigned from the PDC in 2020. During his time with the party, he worked for the two governments of Michelle Bachelet (2006−2010, and 2014−2018 period) in the ministries of Transportation and Telecommunications, Justice and Public Works (2014–2018).

During 2012, Alemparte was the surrogate mayor of Maipú,   until Alberto Undurraga's resignation to compete for a seat in the Senate in the 2013 Chilean general election.

Although he was an opponent of Sebastián Piñera's second government (2018−2022), in March 2022 he allied with the Chilean right-wing to reject the proposal of the Chilean Constituent Assembly, being one of the main spokespersons for that cause according to El Desconcierto, pro-Boric newspaper.

Since 2021 Alemparte has been part of Sin Filtros. In the program, Alemparte frequently accompanies lawyer Francisco 'Pancho' Orrego, from the right-wing National Renewal (RN) party.