Yerbas Buenas - Administration

Administration

As a commune, Yerbas Buenas is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Luis Guzmán Trujillo (PRSD).The municipal council has the following members:

• Eliana Parada Yáñez (PS)
• Mariano Sanhueza Retamal (PRI)
• Sergio Muñoz Espinoza (PRSD)
• Eva Palma Leal (RN)
• Fernando Arturo Astete Mendiburo (ILA)
• Oscar Bonilla Menchaca (UDI)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Yerbas Buenas is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Jorge Tarud (PDC) and Romilio Gutiérrez (UDI) as part of the 39th electoral district, (together with Linares, Colbún, San Javier and Villa Alegre). The commune is represented in the Senate by Hernán Larraín (UDI) and Ximena Rincón González (PDC) as part of the 11th senatorial constituency (Maule-South).