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Aracely Leuquén Uribe

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Aracely Leuquén
Official portrait, 2018
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022
ConstituencyDistrict 27 of the Aysén
Member of the Council of Coyhaique
In office
6 December 2008 – 6 December 2016
Personal details
Born
Aracely Andrea Leuquén Uribe

(1980-11-24) 24 November 1980 (age 44)
Coyhaique, Chile
Political partyNational Renewal (1998–present)
Other political
affiliations
Republican Action[1]
Alma materInstituto Nacional de Capacitación Profesional
OccupationPolitician

Aracely Andrea Leuquén Uribe (born 24 November 1980) is a Chilean politician. She is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from the National Renewal Party.[2] A traditionalist conservative, she opposes same-sex marriage and abortion.[3] When she took office on March 11, 2018, she became one of the first two Mapuche women elected to the Chilean Congress, together with her Socialist counterpart Emilia Nuyado.[4] She did not run for re-election in 2021.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Un nuevo diputado para Kast". El Mostrador (in European Spanish). 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. ^ Chile, BCN Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de (2020). "Aracely Andrea Leuquén Uribe. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. ^ Valenzuela, Paula (2017-12-22). "Aracely Leuquén: "En Aysén habrá un fuerte movimiento político y social"". La Tercera. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  4. ^ "Día histórico en el Congreso: asumen las primeras dos diputadas mapuche". La Tercera (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  5. ^ "Aracely Leuquén, la controvertida RN que deja el Congreso tras enfrentar un proceso judicial y un cáncer". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-16.