Ena von Baer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is von Baer and the second or maternal family name is Jahn.
Ena von Baer
Senator of the Republic
In office
10 March 2014 – 11 March 2022
Preceded byCarlos Larraín
Succeeded byMaría José Gatica
In office
2 August 2011 – 11 March 2014
Preceded byPablo Longueira
Succeeded byManuel José Ossandón
Minister Secretary-General of Government
In office
11 March 2010 – 18 July 2011
Preceded byPilar Armanet
Succeeded byAndrés Chadwick
Personal details
Born (1974-11-28) 28 November 1974 (age 50)
Temuco, Chile
Political partyIndependent Democrat Union (UDI)
SpouseEduardo Fröhlich
ChildrenTwo
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Aachen, Germany
OccupationJournalist, Political scientist, Politician
WebsitePinera2010.cl

Ena Anglein von Baer Jahn (born 28 November 1974 in Temuco) is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and former senator.

In December 2009, von Baer lost a very tight race for a seat in the Senate. In March 2010 she became Minister Secretary-General of Government. In July 2011 she was designated senator, replacing Pablo Longueira, who left the senate to become Minister of Economy.

Prior to her work in the government, von Baer was a panelist on a televised political show and worked for the think tank Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo.

Biography

Upon her return to Chile in 2002, von Baer worked as researcher for the political science department at Libertad y Desarrollo, a think tank. She then served as the Academic Director of the School of Government in the Adolfo Ibáñez University, a position which she later abandoned in order to return to LyD as Director of its Social and Political Program. She dedicated her work to research into political systems and electoral studies, and to developing social politics related to poverty and indigenous peoples. She also worked as a legislative advisor, especially in the subject of automatic electoral enrollment and voluntary vote. During the same time, she was a professor at the Faculty of Government at the University for Development and a panelist on a program of Televisión Nacional de Chile, Estado Nacional.[1]

Political career

On 9 February 2010, President Piñera named von Baer as Minister Secretary-General of Government. She took office on 11 March 2010. At the president's request, she resigned in July, 2011. A few days later, she was designated as senator.[2]

In 2011 von Baer was used as an example of someone in the government with family members who have acquired the patents for crops and will benefit from the privatisation of seed.[3]

For the 2013 parliamentary election she first intended run as senator for the same district she was representing -Santiago Oriente. However the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) assigned instead Laurence Golborne as their candidate there.[4] Von Baer was however allowed a slot by UDI to run for Circunscripción Nº 16, Los Ríos Region, where she was actually elected. Her campaign was financed by SOQUIMICH[5] and was actually the parliament election campaign that spent most money per vote obtained in that election in the whole of Chile.[6]

Bibliography

  • Von Baer, Ena. Die Rolle der Vergangenheitsbewältigung im Systemwechsel (Fallbeispiel Chile) [The Role of Coming to Terms with the Past in System Change (Case Study Chile)] (in German). Dr. Müller. ISBN 3-8364-2618-8.

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Terra ENA VON BAER: LA OTRA MISS Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Radio Universidad de Chile http://radio.uchile.cl/noticias/117020/
  3. ^ Figueroa, Pia (18 May 2011). "Von Baer privatises quinoa". Pressenza. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Von Baer y Moreira bajarían su postulación por Santiago Oriente si Golborne acepta competir". EMOL. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Platas de SQM llegaron a campaña de la senadora Ena von Baer". El Desconcierto (in Spanish). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. ^ Huneeus, Pablo (2015). Los dos Chiles: Controversias del voto voluntario e inscripción automática: los que no votaron y quienes decidieron por ellos (in Spanish). Catalonia.

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