After an intense election process that started on April 9th and took months of hard work that was based on dialogue, proposals and the debate of ideas, the Electoral Commission of the Universidad de La Frontera announced the triumph of Dr. Eduardo Hebel.

After a promising election process, the two strongest candidates competed in the second round of the Rectorial election at the Universidad de La Frontera and, since last Friday, we know the name of the new elected Rector: Dr. Eduardo Hebel, an academic at the Faculty of Medicine.

“I am very pleased by the support I received. The campaign has not been easy, but above all clean and ethic. And in this regard, I am very pleased by the support I received by the academic community. Our goal was to win and now, to put the project we presented to the university community into action. The essential point is that the winner is our University,” Dr. Hebel stated.

The announcement of the election results took place at the Aula Magna, in Room 201, where the candidates and their supporters came together on last Friday, 8th of June, to hear the final result of these elections.

According to the report of the Electoral Commission, TRICELA, out of a total of 1,318 votes validly cast, Dr. Eduardo Hebel won with 54.55 % (719 of the votes cast). His competitor, Dr. Juan Manuel Fierro, obtained 45.45 % (599 of the votes cast).

Dr. Eduardo Hebel will be in this office – the most important one – for four years. He will assume in August, after the Inauguration Ceremony in which he will be installed as the next University Rector. The ceremony will take place at the Aula Magna in presence of public and private guests.