Evelyn Matthei

Evelyn Matthei
Matthei in 2023
Mayor of Providencia
Assumed office
6 December 2016
Preceded byJosefa Errázuriz
Secretary of Labor and Social Security
In office
16 January 2011 – 22 July 2013
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byCamila Merino
Succeeded byJuan Carlos Jobet
Senator for Coquimbo
In office
11 March 1998 – 16 January 2011
Preceded byAlberto Cooper
Succeeded byGonzalo Uriarte Herrera
Personal details
Born
Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet

(1953-11-11) 11 November 1953 (age 71)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyUDI (1999–present)
Independent (1993–1999)
RN (Before 1993)
Other political
affiliations		Chile Vamos (2015–present)
Alliance (Before 2015)
Spouse(s)Jorge Desormeaux Jiménez
Children3
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
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Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet (born 11 November 1953) is a Chilean politician. She has been the mayor of Providencia since 2016. She was a Deputy in the Chilean Congress from 1990 to 1998. She also was a Senator from 1998 to 2011.

In January 2011, she left her Senate seat to become Minister of Labor and Social Security under Chilean President Sebastián Piñera until July 2013.[1]

In the 2013 general election, she ran for President of Chile, however, she lost in a runoff to former President Michelle Bachelet.[2] She ran again for president in the 2021 general election, however failed to make it to the runoff.

Matthei is seen as the front-runner for president in the 2025 general election.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Senate Resume Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish).
  2. ↑ La Tercera Archived 2013-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, July 20th, 2013. (Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Evelyn Matthei, la figura de la derecha tradicional de Chile que le planta cara a Kast". El País España (in Spanish). October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.