Ricardo Neumann

In this Chilean name, the first or paternal surname is Neumann and the second or maternal family name is Bertín.
Ricardo Neumann
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2026
Constituency16th District
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Constituency16th District
Personal details
BornRicardo Andrés Neumann Bertín
(1987-12-13) 13 December 1987[1]
Santiago, Chile
PartyIndependent Democratic Union[2][3]
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Ricardo Andrés Neumann Bertín (born 13 December 1987) is a Chilean lawyer, theatre director, and politician. He serves as deputy of the 16th District since 11 March 2026.

He served as a member of the Constitutional Convention of Chile representing District 16 between 2021 and 2022.[5] In 2025, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the same district.

Early life, education and family

Neumann was born in Santiago on 13 December 1987. His parents are Ricardo Augusto Neumann Yunge, of German descent, and Martha Kisna Bertin Duhalde. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Marist Brothers Institute in San Fernando. He later moved to Santiago to study law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer after admission to the Supreme Court of Chile.[6]

During his university years, he ran unsuccessfully in 2010 for the presidency of the Federation of Students of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (FEUC). He later pursued a master’s degree in Theatre Arts Administration at Columbia University in New York.[7]

He is married to Chilean biologist and educator Luz María Magdalena Couyoumdjian Stange.[8]

Professional career

After qualifying as a lawyer, Neumann worked as an associate at the law firm Arteaga-Gorziglia. He later served as executive director of the program Jóvenes al Servicio de Chile at the Jaime Guzmán Foundation (FJG) and as director of the Fundación para el Progreso between 2020 and 2021, resigning to run for the Constitutional Convention.[9]

While residing in the United States, he worked at the Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway as a legal adviser and theatrical producer.[10]

Political career

In 2021, Neumann ran as an independent candidate for the Constitutional Convention within the Vamos por Chile electoral pact, with support from the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), and was elected representing District 16.[11]

Ideologically, he has expressed support for economic liberalism and for conservative liberal positions in social and cultural matters.[12]

For the 2025 Chilean general election, Neumann ran for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing District 16 with support from the UDI, and was elected with 12.20% of the vote, becoming the district’s leading candidate.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Ricardo Neumann Bertin". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Ricardo Neumann, el convencional que busca un nuevo relato para la UDI: "Debe dejar de representar los intereses de la élite"". La Tercera. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Andrés Fielbaum y Ricardo Neumann se mostraron de acuerdo en la gratuidad de la educación superior". CNN Chile. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Vídeo: "¿Usted estudió en la Católica?": JC Rodríguez confrontó a constituyente Ricardo Neumann pro UDI por su postura anti matrimonio igualitario". El Desconcierto. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Ricardo Neumann, constitutional delegate: "The state and its bureaucracy will grow"". El Rancagüino. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Ricardo Neumann, the constitutional delegate seeking a new narrative for the UDI". La Tercera. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Ricardo Neumann, the constitutional delegate seeking a new narrative for the UDI". La Tercera. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Candidate profile: Ricardo Neumann" (PDF). CIPER. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Ricardo Neumann assumes as regional manager of FPP". Fundación para el Progreso. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Ricardo Neumann, the constitutional delegate seeking a new narrative for the UDI". La Tercera. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Who are the lawyers joining the Constitutional Convention". Radio Pauta. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Ricardo Neumann – The cultural challenge of liberalism". YouTube. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Who was elected? Check the 2025 election results". T13. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
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