María Isabel Allende | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mar%C3%ADa_Isabel_Allende_Bussi.jpg) Isabel Allende in August 2011 | |
| President of the Chilean Senate | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Pizarro |
| Succeeded by | Patricio Walker |
| Senator for Valparaíso | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Walker |
| Senator for Atacama | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Núñez Muñoz |
| Succeeded by | Yasna Provoste |
| 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 1998 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Jaime Estévez |
| Succeeded by | Osvaldo Andrade |
| Constituency | 29th District |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Víctor Manuel Rebolledo |
| Succeeded by | Adriana Muñoz |
| Constituency | 9th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1945 Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Socialist Party of Chile |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Allende family |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Profession | Sociologist |
| Website | Official website |
María Isabel Allende Bussi (US: /ɑːˈjɛndeɪ, -di/,[1][2] UK: /æˈ-, aɪˈɛn-/,[3][4] Spanish: [isaˈβel aˈʝende] ; born 18 January 1945) is a Chilean politician and the youngest daughter of former Chilean president Salvador Allende Gossens.
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,[5] making her the first female president of the Senate in Chilean history.
- ^ "Allende". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Allende Gossens". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Allende, Salvador". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2021-08-07.
- ^ "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