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María Silvia Correa Marín

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María Silvia Correa Marín
Marín as deputy circa 1965
Ambassador of Chile in Honduras
In office
1 January 2003 – 11 March 2006
PresidentRicardo Lagos Escobar
Governor of the Province of Maipo
In office
11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994
PresidentPatricio Aylwin Azocar
Succeeded byGerman Venegas Rodriguez
Deputy of the Republic of Chile
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from 's 7th Departmental Grouping, Santiago (Third District) district
In office
15 May 1965 – 15 May 1969
Personal details
Born(1929-10-23)23 October 1929
San Miguel, Chile
DiedJanuary 2024 (aged 94)
Political partyChristian Democratic Party
SpouseVictor Lyon Navarrete
ChildrenSilvia, Barbara and Vicente
Parent(s)Hernán Correa Chadwick
María Luisa Marín Stuven
Residence(s)Santiago, Chile
OccupationPolitician

María Silvia Micaela Correa Marín (23 October 1929 – January 2024) was a Chilean Christian Democrat diplomat and politician. She was a deputy for the Seventh Departmental Group, Santiago (Third District), Metropolitan Region, between 1965 and 1969. She also served as governor of the province of Maipo, under the mandate of President Patricio Aylwin, and later Chilean ambassador to Honduras under the presidency of Ricardo Lagos.[1][2]

Life and career

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Marín began her political career by joining the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). In 1990 she was appointed by President Patricio Aylwin as Governor of the province of Maipo. During this time, she did the corresponding paperwork to obtain an extension of land where she could make a park, a habitat that Saint Bernard. She thus obtained the land that is currently occupied by the Parque Metropolitano Sur Cerros de Chena, dependent on the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (Minvu), and with the cooperation of the Municipality of San Bernardo. Likewise, she managed the construction of the new provincial government building.[3][1]

On 1 January 2003, President Ricardo Lagos appointed her as Chilean ambassador to Honduras, a position she held for three years.[1] In 2010, she joined the meetings of the Illustrious Municipality of San Bernardo related to the maintenance and development of the Southern Metropolitan Park Corporation, Cerros de Chena, of the Minvu. She ran the said park.[4]

Marín died in January 2024, at the age of 94.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "María Silvia Micaela Correa Marín". bcn.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "María Silvia Micaela Correa Marín - Genealogía Chilena en Red". www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. ^ "María Silvia Micaela Correa Marín". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Family tree of María Silvia Micaela Correa Marín". Geneanet. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ "María Silvia Micaela Correa Marín". Funeraria Hogar De Cristo. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.