Isabel Allende (politician)
Isabel Allende Bussi (US: /ɑːˈjɛndeɪ, -di/,[1][2] UK: /æˈ-, aɪˈɛn-/,[3][4] Spanish: [isaˈβel aˈʝende] (
listen); born 18 January 1945) is a Chilean Socialist Party politician. She is the daughter of former president of Chile Salvador Allende.
María Isabel Allende | |
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| President of the Chilean Senate | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2015 | |
| Deputy | Eugenio Tuma |
| Preceded by | Jorge Pizarro |
| Succeeded by | Patricio Walker |
| Senator for Atacama | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Núñez |
| Leader of the Socialist Party of Chile | |
| In office 17 May 2015 – 9 April 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Osvaldo Andrade |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro Elizalde |
| President of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 18 March 2003 – 16 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Adriana Muñoz |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Lorenzini |
| Member of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1945 Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Political party | Socialist Party of Chile |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Isabel Allende (cousin) |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Profession | Sociologist |
| Website | Official website |
From 1994 to 2010 she was a deputy and in March 2010 she became a Senator for the Atacama Region.
On 28 February 2014, Allende was selected as President of the Senate of Chile, as of 11 March 2014,[5] making her the first woman president of the body in Chilean history.
References
- ↑ "Allende". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Allende Gossens". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Allende, Salvador". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|work=at position 9 (help) - ↑ "Allende, Isabel". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ↑ Isabel Allende chosen as first woman to lead Chile's senate, Associated Press, The Guardian, 28 February 2014