Background
Giorgio Jackson was born in Viña del March, Chile, on 6 February 1987.
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He studied at Deutsche Schule Sankt Thomas Morus, a private school located in the Santiago commune of Providencia. 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.
Career
He was the president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Federation (FEUC) for the 2010-2011 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.
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. Student leader
In 2008, he joined Nueva Acción Universitaria (New University Action, NAU), a student center-left movement.
Later, Jackson participated in the creation of the University of California 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 University of California proposal, for the access of students from low-income families, and in the negotiation against the rise of fees in 2009.
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 (245%) in a runoff. NAU eventually obtained 51.6% of votes in the runoff, with Jackson resulting elected as president 2011 student movement
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, although he was one of the most moderate leaders.
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"). He also visited Europe, along with Camila Vallejo and Francisco Figueroa, where they exposed before the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and met with intellectuals Stéphane Hessel and Edgar Morin.
He is reportedly one of the leaders with best rates of approval, reaching a 73 per central 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.
In December 2012 he announced he would run for deputy of Santiago in the parliamentary election of 2013.
Politics
However, he announced the creation of a left-wing political movement called Revolución Democrática (Democratic Revolution) on 7 January 2012. 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.
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He also played volleyball, becoming a member of the national team member for the 2004 Minors, and 2006 Youth categories.
