Evelyn Matthei

Evelyn Matthei Fornet
Minister of Labor of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 16, 2011
President Sebastián Piñera
Preceded by Camila Merino Catalán
Senator of Chile
For Coquimbo Region
In office
March 11, 1998 – January 16, 2011
Preceded by Alberto Cooper Valencia
Succeeded by Gonzalo Uriarte Herrera

Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet (born November 11, 1953) is a Chilean economist and politician.

Matthei entered Chilean politics in the late '80s and early '90s, as part of the National Renewal party's youth group called Patrulla Juvenil, along the future President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and future fellow senator and minister, Andrés Allamand.

From 1990 to 1994 Matthei was deputy for District 23, and from 1994 to 1998, a deputy for District 15. Later, leaving National Renewal and entering the Independent Democrat Union, Matthei was elected senator in 1997, representing the Coquimbo Region, being re-elected in 2005. Matthei left her seat at the Senate in January 2011, when she was designated Ministry of Labor and Social Providence by President Sebastián Piñera.[1]

Matthei holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is the daughter of retired Air Force General and member of the military junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, Fernando Matthei and Elda Fornet. She is married to fellow economist and former Chilean Central Bank Deputy Governor Jorge Desormeaux.

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Electoral history

1989 parliamentary elections

Deputy for Distrito 23 (Las Condes, Vitacura and Lo Barnechea), Santiago Metropolitan Region[2]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Evelyn Matthei Fornet RN 79,595 42.32 Deputy
Eliana Caraball Martínez DC 49,961 26.56 Deputy
Joaquín Lavín Infante UDI 36,379 19.34
Guido Girardi Lavín PPD 16,318 8.68
José Miguel Ureta Rojas ILE 3,772 2.01
Patricio Hidalgo Marín AN 1,116 0.59
Jorge Martínez Rodríguez ILF 956 0.51

1993 parliamentary elections

Deputy for Distrito 15 (San Antonio), Valparaíso Region[3]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Samuel Venegas Rubio PDC 30,174 39.85 Deputy
Evelyn Matthei Fornet ILB 19,572 25.85 Deputy
Gonzalo Yuseff Sotomayor RN 10,950 14.46
Julio Stuardo González PS 6,719 8.87
Cosme Caracciolo Alvarez PC 3,858 5.10
Mireya Baltra Moreno PC 3,802 5.02
Jorge Blaessinger Lobos IND 645 0.85

1997 parliamentary elections

Senator for Circunscripción 4 (Coquimbo Region)[4]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Jorge Pizarro Soto PDC 82,598 38.30 Senator
Evelyn Matthei Fornet ILB 50,281 23.32 Senator
Erich Schnake Silva PPD 40,728 18.89
Eugenio Munizaga Rodríguez RN 33,612 15.59
Gonzalo Garcia-Huidobro Severin PH 8,439 3.91

2005 parliamentary elections

Senator for Circunscripción 4 (Coquimbo Region)[5]

Candidate Party Votes % Result
Jorge Pizarro Soto PDC 101,671 40.37 Senator
Evelyn Matthei Fornet UDI 71,697 28.47 Senator
Jorge Arrate Mac-Niven PS 48,931 19.43
Arturo Longton Guerrero RN 12,571 4.99
Luis Aguilera González PC 10,607 4.21
Joaquín Arduengo Naredo PH 6,384 2.53

References

  1. ^ http://www.latercera.com/noticia/politica/2011/01/674-338611-9-nuevos-ministros-realizan-juramento-en-el-palacio-de-la-moneda.shtml
  2. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Distrito 23, Diputados 1989
  3. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Distrito 15, Diputados 1993
  4. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Circunscripción 4, Senadores 1997
  5. ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Circunscripción 4, Senadores 2005

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