Maya Fernández Allende

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The Honourable

Maya Fernández Allende
Maya Alejandra Fernández Allende (2018).jpg
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
2014–2018
Assumed office
2018
President of Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
March 2018 – March 2019
Personal details
Political partySocialist Party of Chile
Alma materUniversity of Chile
OccupationBiologist

Maya Alejandra Fernández Allende (born 27 September 1971, in Santiago de Chile[1]) is a Chilean biologist, veterinarian and politician, a member of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS). Since March 2018, she has served as a deputy of the Republic, representing the 10th district, Metropolitan Region. In her first legislative year, she presided over the Chamber of Deputies between March 2018 and March 2019.

Early life and education[]

Born in Chile, her family had to emigrate to Cuba due to the military coup of 11 September 1973, staying on the island until she was 21 years old. She returned to Chile in 1990, settling permanently in 1992.[2] The same year she entered to study biology at the University of Chile. She subsequently also studied veterinary medicine at the same university and obtained a BSc in both.[3]

Political career[]

In 1992 she joined the Socialist Party of Chile.[2] In the 2008 municipal elections, she was elected councilor for the Nuñoa commune, which she stayed until 2012.[3] In the municipal elections of 2012, she ran for mayor of Ñuñoa for the Socialist Party on the Concertation list.[4] The favorite to win the elections was , who was the mayor of Nuñoa since 16 years.[5] Fernandez at first won the elections by a slim margin of twenty votes, a result which was appealed by Sabat, who in turn came out victorious after a recount which gave him a thirty-vote lead.[5]

Member of Parliament[]

In the 2013 parliamentary elections, Fernández ran for the position of deputy for the 21st district, which includes the communes Nuñoa and Providencia from the metropolitan communes of Santiago. From 11 March 2014 to 11 March 2018, she represented the 21st district for the PS in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] In the 2017 parliamentary elections, she was re-elected deputy, this time for the newly created 10th district of the Metropolitan Region.[2] On the 11 March 2018, she became president of the Chamber of Deputies.[2] She left office in March 2019.[2]

Personal life[]

She is the daughter of Cuban diplomat Luis Fernández Oña and surgeon Beatriz Allende Bussi. She is the youngest granddaughter of former President Salvador Allende, and the niece of Senator Isabel Allende.[2] She is married to Tomás Monsalve Egaña and has two children.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Portal de Ñuñoa". web.archive.org. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Chile, BCN Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de (2020). "Maya Alejandra Fernández Allende. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Maya Fenández". The Progressive Post. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. ^ "Au Chili, le centre gauche retrouve l'espoir de revenir au pouvoir en 2013". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Chilean electoral tribunal overturns Fernández Allende's mayoral victory". the Guardian. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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