Karol Cariola

Karol Cariola
Cariola in 2013
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 April 2024
Preceded byRicardo Cifuentes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Independencia and Recoleta district
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2014
General Secretary of the Communist Youth of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2011
Preceded byOscar Aroca
President of the University of Concepción Student Federation
In office
2010–2011
Preceded byJose Piña
Succeeded byGuillermo Petersen
Personal details
Born (1987-04-01) April 1, 1987 (age 37)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyCommunist Party of Chile
Alma materUniversity of Concepción
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cariola and the second or maternal family name is Oliva.

Karol Aída Cariola Oliva (born April 1, 1987) is a Chilean politician, and former president of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Concepción (University of Concepción Student Federation) for 2010. She was elected General Secretary of the Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, abbr. JJ.CC., (the youth wing of the Communist Party of Chile) at the organizations XIII Congress held in October 2011.[1] Cariola is the second woman to hold this post in the Communist Youth of Chile after the late communist leader Gladys Marin (1941–2005).[2]

On August 4, 2013, Cariola emerged as the leading congressional candidate in the New Majority coalition's primary elections for the electoral district of Recoleta and Independencia. [3] Subsequently, during the Chilean general election held on November 17, 2013 she won 38.47% of the votes and became the deputy-elect for the 19th electoral Santiago district of Recoleta and Independencia. She commenced to serve a four-year term in the Chilean Congress on 11 March 2014.[4][5] On March 11, 2022, it was agreed that as part of a rotation agreement, she would become Speaker of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies starting 21 October 2022.[6]

In December 2021 Cariola was elected by party members to join the central committee of the Communist Party of Chile.[7]

  1. ^ "Dirigenta estudiantil, Karol Cariola, es la nueva Secretaria General de la JJ.CC" (in Spanish). Tercera Informacion Spain. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ "El Partido Comunista y su recambio generacional" (in Spanish). CNN Chile. 3 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Karol Cariola y Cristián Cuevas triunfan en primarias de la Nueva Mayoría" (in Spanish). El Clarin. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Resultados electorales del PC" (in Spanish). PCCh.cl. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference emol was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "The PPD Raúl Soto will assume presidency of the Chamber of Deputies". https://elmostrador.cl/. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ "La gran derrota de Karol Cariola y el Partido Comunista". Ex-Ante (in Spanish). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-03.