Evelyn Matthei
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 she 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, representing the Coquimbo Region in 1997. She would be re-elected once again in 2005, leaving her seat at the Senate in January 2011, when she was designated Minister of Labor and Social Prevision by President Sebastián Piñera.
She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Catholic University of 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. She is married to fellow economist and former Chilean Central Bank Deputy Governor Jorge Desormeaux.
Electoral history
1989 parliamentary elections
Deputy for Distrito 23 (Las Condes, Vitacura and Lo Barnechea), Santiago Metropolitan Region[1]
| 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[2]
| 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)[3]
| 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)[4]
| 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
- ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Distrito 23, Diputados 1989
- ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Distrito 15, Diputados 1993
- ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Circunscripción 4, Senadores 1997
- ^ Elecciones.gov.cl Votación Candidatos por Circunscripción 4, Senadores 2005
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