Isabel Allende (politician)

María Isabel Allende Bussi (US: /ɑːˈjɛndeɪ, -di/, UK: /æˈ-, aɪˈɛn-/, Spanish: [isaˈβel aˈʝende] ⓘ; born 18 January 1945) is a Chilean politician and the youngest daughter of former Chilean president Salvador Allende Gossens.

For other uses, see Isabel Allende (disambiguation).
This article is about the Chilean politician. For the Chilean author, see Isabel Allende.
María Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende in August 2011
President of the Chilean Senate
In office
11 March 2014 (2014-03-11) – 11 March 2015 (2015-03-11)
Preceded byJorge Pizarro
Succeeded byPatricio Walker
Senator for Valparaíso
Assumed office
11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)
Preceded byIgnacio Walker
Senator for Atacama
In office
11 March 2010 (2010-03-11) – 11 March 2018 (2018-03-11)
Preceded byRicardo Núñez Muñoz
Succeeded byYasna Provoste
Leader of the Socialist Party of Chile
In office
17 May 2015 (2015-05-17) – 9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)
Preceded byOsvaldo Andrade
Succeeded byÁlvaro Elizalde
President of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies
In office
18 March 2003 (2003-03-18) – 16 March 2004 (2004-03-16)
Preceded byAdriana Muñoz
Succeeded byPablo Lorenzini
Member of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 1998 (1998-03-11) – 11 March 2010 (2010-03-11)
Preceded byJaime Estévez
Succeeded byOsvaldo Andrade
Constituency29th District
In office
11 March 1994 – 11 March 1998
Preceded byVíctor Manuel Rebolledo
Succeeded byAdriana Muñoz
Constituency9th District
Personal details
Born (1945-01-18) 18 January 1945
Santiago, Chile
Political partySocialist Party of Chile
Children2
Parents
RelativesAllende family
Alma materUniversity of Chile
ProfessionSociologist
WebsiteOfficial website

A member of the Socialist Party and daughter of former president of Chile Salvador Allende and Hortensia Bussi, Allende served as a deputy from 1994 to 2010 and in March 2010 she became a Senator for the Atacama Region. On 28 February 2014, she was selected as president of the Senate, a position previously held by her father in the 1960s, making her the first female president of the Senate in Chilean history.

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