Ernesto Silva is a Chilean politician, scholar, and formerly a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was the president of the Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI) Political Party (2014–5), the largest party in the Congress. Silva was elected to office, serving years in the Cámara de Diputados of the Chilean Congress. He was the chairman of the Finance Committee in 2012 and has participated in several other committees, including Budget, Labor, Internal Security, and Poverty and Social Development.

In addition to his political career, Silva has been a faculty member at the School of Government of Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile, for the past ten years. At that institution, he has also been director of the Center for Public Policy Analysis, vice president for Undergraduate Studies, and member of the Board of Trustees.

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