Laura Albornoz
Laura Albornoz | |
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| Head of the National Women's Service | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 19 October 2009 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Pérez Díaz |
| Succeeded by | Carmen Andrade |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1958 |
| Party | Christian Democratic |
| Spouse | Jorge Navarrete |
| Children | Four |
| Education | University of Chile (B.Sc) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Economist |
Elvira Laura Albornoz Pollmann (born 27 March 1968) is a Chilean lawyer, academic, researcher and politician.
She served as Minister of Women's Affairs (the National Women's Service) (May 2006-March 2010)[1] during President Michelle Bachelet's first term as President of Chile.[2] She has also served as president of the Inter-American Commission of Women.[3][4]
Family and education
[edit]She is the daughter of Santiago Albornoz Albornoz and Laura Elvira Pollmann Prado,[5] both members of the Christian Democratic Party of Chile (PDC), and has three siblings.[6] In 1992, she married Christian Democrat academic Jorge Torres Jara, who was a candidate for municipal councillor in Villa Alegre in the 2021 Chilean municipal elections.[5]
She joined the Christian Democratic Party of Chile at the age of fourteen.[6][7] She was an active participant in the Federation of Secondary Students of Santiago (FESES). She later studied at the University of Chile Faculty of Law, where she became involved with the Federation of Students of the University of Chile (FECh).[7]
She earned a doctorate in civil law from the University of Seville, Spain, graduating summa cum laude. Her studies were funded through the Chilean Presidential Scholarship programme.[6][7][8] She also holds a master's degree in human relations management and leadership from the Escuela Internacional de Negocios in Madrid.
Political career
[edit]She served as an adviser to the national leadership of the National Women's Service (SERNAM) and later worked as technical secretary of the Disposal Commission of the Atacama Region Regional Government. Between 2002 and 2004, she returned to SERNAM as chief of staff to the institution's deputy director.[8] She subsequently worked as a legal adviser to the National Service for Minors (SENAME).
On 11 March 2006, she assumed office as Minister and Director of SERNAM under President Michelle Bachelet.[6][8][9] She also served for three years as President of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM/OAS). Following the 2010 Chile earthquake, she was appointed by President Bachelet as presidential delegate for the city of Constitución.
In 2012, she was a pre-candidate of the Concertación coalition for mayor of Santiago.[10] In May 2014, during Bachelet's second administration, she was appointed to the board of directors of the state-owned National Copper Corporation of Chile (Codelco).[11]
She was a candidate in the 2021 Constitutional Convention election for District No. 10 (Santiago, Ñuñoa, Macul, La Granja, Providencia and San Joaquín), as part of the Lista del Apruebo coalition.[12]
On 6 August 2021, she ended nearly forty years of membership in the Christian Democratic Party, having previously chaired the party's most recent Ideological Congress. She stated that the new party leadership had disregarded more than two years of work invested in the participatory process that developed new political guidelines for addressing the challenges of a changing Chile. According to Albornoz, the leadership instead prioritised short-term electoral considerations while neglecting issues discussed by grassroots members, including abortion, feminism, the social right to housing, the circular economy, a second agrarian reform focused on water use, and other policy matters. She also cited frustration over the party's failure to condemn figures associated with corruption scandals or conduct affecting women's integrity.
In February 2023, President Gabriel Boric appointed her to the board of directors of the state-owned National Petroleum Company (ENAP).[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ Jalalzai, Farida (20 August 2015). Women Presidents of Latin America: Beyond Family Ties?. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1980, 2000. ISBN 978-1-317-66834-3.
- ↑ Filippi, Emilio (2006). La clase política chilena (in Spanish). Pehuén Editores Limitada. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-956-16-0411-7.
- ↑ "Laura Albornoz Pollmann". Albornoz & Abogados. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ "1 Celebración del Día Internacional de las Mujeres en las Naciones Unidas Presentación de: Rocío García Gaytán, Presidenta del Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres de México" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Anales de la República; Laura Albornoz Pollmann". www.anales.cl. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 La Nación (Santiago), 15 April 2006, p. 10.
- 1 2 3 "El Mercurio (Santiago), 4 March 2007, p. D13". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Laura Albornoz, una abogada al servicio de la mujer". Emol. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Laura Albornoz asumirá dirección del Sernam". Emol. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Carolina Tohá vence a Laura Albornoz y será la candidata de la Concertación en Santiago". Radio Bío-Bío. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Codelco filing to the SVS" (PDF). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Laura Albornoz Pollmann – Constitutional Convention candidate for District 10". La Tercera. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ "President Gabriel Boric appoints two members to ENAP's board through the Senior Public Management System". ENAP. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
External links
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Media related to Laura Albornoz at Wikimedia Commons
