Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018 for the Socialist Party of Chile. She is the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency. After leaving the presidency in 2010 and before becoming eligible for re-election,she was appointed as the first executive director of the newly established United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In December 2013,Bachelet was re-elected with over 62% of the vote,surpassing the 54% she received in 2006. She was the first President of Chile to be re-elected since 1932. Bachelet,a physician who has studied military strategy at the university level,previously served as the Health Minister and Defense Minister under her predecessor,Ricardo Lagos. She is a separated mother of three and identifies as an agnostic. In addition to her native Spanish,she speaks English fluently and has some proficiency in German,French,and Portuguese.
Carolina Montserrat ToháMorales is a Chilean political scientist,educator,and politician. Since September 6,2022,she has served as the Minister of Interior and Public Security of Chile,under the presidency of Gabriel Boric. Previously,she served as the Minister Secretary General of Government –being the first woman to hold this position –during the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.
The Caso Degollados was a politically motivated series of murders of opposition members that took place in Chile in 1985,during Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. The murders caused a huge political scandal.
The first lady of Chile is the title for the wife of the president of Chile,who is traditionally responsible for directing and coordinating activities in the social field of the presidency and accompanying the president in ceremonies or official activities,for example,on state visits. Although not an official title,it is widely used in formal protocol and has been used in some decrees.
Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM) is a radical,militant indigenous organization engaged in political violence in pursuit of attaining an autonomous Mapuche state in the territory they describe as Wallmapu.
Mario Adolfo del Carmen Fernández Baeza is a Chilean lawyer,professor and politician,member of the Christian Democratic Party. He served as the Minister of the Interior and Public Security in Michelle Bachelet's second term.
Rosanna María Assunta Costa Costa is a Chilean economist,academic,and researcher. She currently serves as the Governor of the Central Bank of Chile and previously held the position of head of the Ministry of Finance's Budget Office during Sebastián Piñera's first presidency from 2010 to 2014.
Mario Marcel Cullell is a Chilean economist who has been serving as Chile Minister of Finance since 11 March 2022. He previously served as Governor of the Central Bank of Chile. He was named Governor in December 2016 and member of the Bank's Board from October 2015. He has been a close collaborator to the governments of the centre-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy (1990–2010),and for six years held the position of Budget Director,where he played a key role in the design of the structural surplus rule.
Claudia Pascual Grau is a social anthropologist and politician from Chile,a member of the Communist Party.
Fernando Bustamante Huerta is an accountant,businessman,consultant and Chilean socialist politician,had a close collaboration with Salvador Allende the presidents of Chile and Ricardo Lagos.
Paula Narváez Ojeda is a Chilean politician and psychologist who is the Chile ambassador to the United Nations under President Gabriel Boric. She was elected as the seventy-ninth President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council on 27 July 2023.
María Eugenia Lorenzini Lorenzini,better known as Kena Lorenzini,is a Chilean psychologist,photographer,writer,curator,feminist,and activist.
Marta Blanco (1938–2020),was a Chilean writer and journalist.
RenéCortázar is a Chilean economist,researcher,academic,and politician of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
Yerko Antonio Ljubetic Godoy is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as the Minister of Labor from 2005 to 2006 during the presidency of Ricardo Lagos. Previously,he held the position of Undersecretary of Labor of Chile from 2000 to 2005. In 2023,he was a member of the Constitutional Council entrusted with the task of drafting a new constitution.
Rodrigo Vergara Montes is a Chilean economist and academic. He served as president of the Central Bank of Chile from December 2011 to December 2016. His appointment as president of the Chilean issuing institute,decided by President Sebastián Piñera,to whom he was a close advisor on issues related to overcoming poverty,was the first for this position made by a center- right since the return to democracy in 1990.
David Silberman Gurovich was a Chilean engineer who served as an official during the presidency of Socialist Salvador Allende. After the military coup that ousted Allende,Gurovich was detained and disappeared. He was Jewish. He was involved in nationalization efforts. His son David Silberman has advocated for documents related to his father's disappearance to be declassified.
Tatiana Valeska Rojas Leiva is a Chilean social anthropologist and politician,member of Democratic Revolution (RD). Between March 2022 and June 2023,she served as undersecretary of Housing and Urbanism under the government of Gabriel Boric.
Valentina Karina Quiroga Canahuate is a Chilean civil engineer and politician. She served as Undersecretary of Education (2014–2018) during the second government of President Michelle Bachelet. Since September 2018 she has been director of the Horizonte Ciudadano Foundation,created by Bachelet.
