Luz Ebensperger

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ebensperger and the second or maternal family name is Orrego.

Luz Ebensperger
Member of the Senate of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2018
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyConstituency 2 (Tarapacá Region)
Indendant of Tarapacá Region [es]
In office
11 March 2010 – 11 March 2014
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byMiguel Silva Rodríguez
Succeeded byMitchel Cartes Tamayo
Personal details
Born
Luz Eliana Ebensperger Orrego

(1964-03-08) 8 March 1964 (age 60)
Puerto Montt, Chile
Political partyIndependent Democratic Union
SpouseJosé Andrés Díaz Brito
Children3
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationLawyer, politician

Luz Eliana Ebensperger Orrego (born 8 March 1964) is a Chilean lawyer and politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). Since 11 March 2018, she has served as a senator for Constituency 2, corresponding to Tarapacá Region. From 2010 to 2014, she was the region's intendant [es], during the first administration of President Sebastián Piñera.

Early life and education

Luz Ebensperger was born in Puerto Montt on 8 March 1964, the daughter of Victor Eduardo Ebensperger Aburto and Alicia Orrego Fernández.[1]

She is married to civil engineer José Andrés Díaz Brito, and they have three children.[1]

She completed her secondary studies at the Liceo de Niñas Isidora Zegers de Huneus in Puerto Montt. She later moved to Santiago and studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), graduating as a lawyer in 1989.[1]

Political career

From 1989 to 2004 Ebensperger held public management positions in the municipalities of Vitacura and San Joaquín. She served as deputy mayor of Alto Hospicio from 2004 to 2009.[2]

She concurrently pursued a teaching career at the University for Development and the University of the Americas. In 2009, she was academic director of St. Thomas University [es] in Iquique.[3]

She was the first woman intendant of Tarapacá Region [es], serving from 11 March 2010 to 11 March 2014.[4]

In 2016, she ran as a UDI candidate in the municipal primaries organized by Chile Vamos, where she defeated councilor Álvaro Jofré, becoming the coalition's candidate for mayor of Iquique.[5] In the October 2016 elections, she was narrowly defeated by Nueva Mayoría candidate Jorge Soria Machiavello.[6]

In August 2017, she registered her candidacy for the Senate representing Constituency 2 in that year's general election, again within Chile Vamos. She won a seat for the 2018–2026 legislative term, receiving 21,195 votes, equivalent to 22.9% of the total.[7]

Since 21 March 2018, she has been a member of the permanent commission of Government, Decentralization, and Regionalization, the special commissions for Extreme Areas and Special Territories, and for Water Resources, Desertification, and Drought. On 2 July 2019, she joined the permanent commission for Special Mixed Budgets and the Fourth Special Mixed Subcommittee on Budgets.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Luz Eliana Ebensperger Orrego" (in Spanish). Library of Congress of Chile. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ Lobo, Alejandra (10 October 2008). "Familiares de víctimas de Alto Hospicio llaman a no olvidar los crímenes" [Relatives of Alto Hospicio Victims Call for the Crimes Not to be Forgotten]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ Cejas, Fabián (26 August 2011). "Luz Ebensperger: De niña de campo a intendente de Tarapacá" [Luz Ebensperger: From Country Girl to Intendant of Tarapacá]. El Boyaldía (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ Gutiérrez H., Viviana. "Luz Ebensperger es la nueva intendenta de Tarapacá" [Luz Ebensperger is the New Intendant of Tarapacá]. La Estrella de Iquique. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Candidata UDI Luz Ebensperger ganó primarias en Iquique y en octubre enfrentará al sorismo" [UDI Candidate Luz Ebensperger Wins Primaries in Iquique and Will Face Sorismo in October]. Edición Cero (in Spanish). 19 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ Vera, Diego (23 October 2016). "Mauricio Soria derrota a Ebensperger en Iquique por 123 votos" [Mauricio Soria Defeats Ebensperger in Iquique by 123 Votes] (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Resultados Elecciones 2017". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2021.