Viviana Delgado | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2022 –11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | District 8 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1973 |
| Party | Green Ecologist Party (2021–2023) [1] [2] |
| Spouse | Daniel Espinoza |
| Children | Two |
| Occupation | Politician |
Viviana Soledad Delgado Riquelme (born 4 September 1973) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy. [3]
She was born in Santiago on 4 September 1973. She is the daughter of Amalfi Flores and Albertina Riquelme. [4]
She completed her studies at Colegio de Adultos Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez in Recoleta,graduating in 1992. She later studied Sales and Advertising Techniques at Centro de Formación Técnica La Araucana and completed postgraduate diplomas in Participation and Management for Local Development at Central University;Public Management (Level II) at Santo Tomás University;Skills for Social Leadership at the University of Santiago,Chile;and Leadership Techniques at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. [4]
In 1994,she worked as a production line operator at the Baby Lee factory. [4]
She was a member of the Green Ecologist Party until 3 April 2023. She began her political involvement at the age of 14 by participating in the Todos Juntos Cultural Center in the La Pincoya neighborhood during the military dictatorship. She later served as president of a neighbourhood association,president of a local development council,and president of a Family Health Center. She was also president of the Environmental Commission of the Civil Society Council (COSOC) and of the Pehuén IV and V Neighbourhood Association in the Los Bosquinos area,and has participated in various environmental causes,including the defense of Quebrada de la Plata,opposition to the Sonacol oil pipeline project,and protests related to the widening works on the Autopista del Sol. [4]
She ran as an independent candidate for mayor of the commune of Maipú in the municipal elections held in May 2021,obtaining 39,456 votes,equivalent to 20.48% of the valid votes cast,but was not elected. [4]
In the parliamentary elections of November 2021,she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the 8th District—comprising the communes of Lampa,Maipú,Cerrillos,Quilicura,Tiltil,Colina,Estación Central,and Pudahuel in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago—representing the Green Ecologist Party,for the 2022–2026 legislative term. She obtained 20,140 votes,corresponding to 4.28% of the valid votes cast. [4]
On 8 March 2024,she joined the Liberal Party. [4] She ran for re-election in the same district in the elections of 16 November 2025,representing the Liberal Party within the Unidad por Chile pact. She was not elected,obtaining 10,944 votes,equivalent to 1.43% of the total votes cast. [4]