Pollyana Rivera | |
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Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
In office 4 July 2021 –4 July 2022 | |
Constituency | 1st District |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Arica,Chile | 26 November 1974
Political party | Republican Party [2] |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Journalist |
Pollyana Duendy Alejandra Rivera Bigas [1] (born 26 November 1974) is a Chilean journalist who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention. [3] [4]
In the convention, she ran for Vicepresident, but lost to Jaime Bassa. [5]
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