Jaime Andrés Bassa Mercado, SOB (born 31 March 1977) is a Chilean politician and attorney.

[3] As an academic, Bassa has notably served as a professor of constitutional law at the University of Valparaíso.

During his time in university, Bassa ran for a student position on the same list as Sebastián Sichel.

[4] During his early political career, Bassa held centrist or centre-left views.

[2] Bassa has criticized economic inequality in Chile, stating that "[i]t is important to note that the wealth of this country is generated by all of us and it is not fair that it is concentrated in a few families".