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Constanza Hube
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2026
Constituency11th District
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Constituency11th District
Personal details
Born (1987-03-10) 10 March 1987 (age 39)
Santiago, Chile
PartyIndependent Democratic Union
(UDI)
ProfessionLawyer

Constanza Verónica Hube Portus (born 10 March 1987) is a Chilean lawyer who served as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention.[1] She holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and an LLM from New York University.

Affiliated with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI),[2][3] she was elected as a member of Chile’s Constitutional Convention for District 11 (Las Condes, Lo Barnechea, Vitacura, La Reina, Peñalolén), serving from 4 July 2021 to 4 July 2022.[4][5]

Biography

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Early life

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Born on 10 March 1986 in Valdivia, Hube is the daughter of Roberto Hube Barra and Lilian Portus Ortega.[6] She attended Colegio Alemán St. Thomas Morus in Providencia, graduating in 2003.[6]

She earned her Law degree from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC) in 2008,[7] followed by a Master’s in Public Law (Constitutional Law emphasis) at the same university (2012–2014), where she received the Alejandro Silva Bascuñán award.[8]

In 2014–2015, she completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) at New York University as a Fulbright and CONICYT scholar.[8]

Academic and professional career

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Since 2013, Hube has served as a constitutional law professor at the PUC and, from early 2020, as subdirector of its Department of Public Law.[8]

Additionally, she conducted legislative research at the think tank, Libertad y Desarrollo, and served as a public policy advisor at the Ministry General Secretariat of Government and in the Senate.[5]

Political career

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Supported by the center-right Chile Vamos coalition, Hube was elected to the Constitutional Convention in May 2021, securing 18,806 votes (4.89%) and earning a seat in District 11.[6][9] In the Convention, she participated in the Regulation Commission, and later joined commissions on Political System, Legislature & Electoral System, as well as Transitory Norms.[8]

Hube advocated for greater cooperation between the President and Congress (“parliamentarizing presidentialism”), and emphasized constitutional protections for individual freedoms, private property, decentralized governance, and Central Bank of Chile autonomy.[10][11]

After the referendum’s rejection, Hube engaged in public debate, notably representing the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC) in July 2023, when she led a legal submission challenging the government's "white collar crimes" law on constitutional grounds.[12]

She is also a Constitutional Law Professor at her alma mater. By the other hand, she is linked to LyD.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Constanza Hube, constituyente electa en el D11: "A la UDI no le fue tan mal, pero el global no es positivo"". CNN Chile. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "La polémica propuesta de Constanza Hube, candidata UDI a la constituyente: el desarrollo de la actividad económica "sin limitaciones fundadas en lo moral"". El Mostrador. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Constanza Hube, convencional UDI: "Esto se va a dividir entre personas que creen en el respeto a las reglas y las que no"". Emol. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Constanza Hube Portus – Abogada PUC con mención en Derecho Constitucional, UDI". VotoSimple. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Serie especial: Constanza Hube y la batalla de Libertad y Desarrollo". Ex-Ante. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Constanza Hube – Abogada, LÍderes Jóvenes". Líderes Jovenes. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Constanza Hube, una constitucionalista en la Convención". Radio Pauta. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d "Constanza Hube Portus – Abogada PUC con mención en Derecho Constitucional, UDI". VotoSimple. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Serie especial: Constanza Hube y la batalla de Libertad y Desarrollo". Ex-Ante. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Constanza Hube: "Estamos en una parálisis institucional…"". Diario Constitucional. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  11. ^ "#YoConstituyente: Constanza Hube – society role in the process". DFMAS. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Constanza Hube asserts "white collar crimes" law is unconstitutional". Súbela Radio. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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