Macarena Santelices

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Macarena Santelices on the day she was appointed Minister for Women in May 2020

Macarena Eugenia Santelices Cañas (born August 15, 1977 in Viña del Mar ) is a Chilean journalist and politician . She was Minister for Women and Gender Equality from May 6 to June 9, 2020.

Family and education

Macarena Santelices is the daughter of Ana Eugenia Cañas Pinochet and Luis Santelices Barrera, who was mayor of Los Andes from 1986 to 1989 during the military dictatorship . She is the great niece of the former dictator Augusto Pinochet . She studied communication science at the University of Viña del Mar and graduated as a journalist. This was followed by a master's degree in communication at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Spain. Since 2012 she has been married to the scriptwriter and director Eduardo "Lalo" Prieto, with whom she has two children.

Act

Santelices initially worked for several years as a journalist and television presenter for the television channels UCV Television, La Red, Mega and Canal 13 before she became active as a politician.

Her political career began in 2008 when she was elected city councilor for Olmué, a small town in the Valparaiso region . Four years later, she was elected mayor of the same city with an absolute majority and was confirmed in this position in 2016. In October 2019, she resigned from her post as mayor because she wanted to run as a candidate for governor of the Valparaiso region in the 2020 elections.

Appointment as Minister for Women

On May 5, 2020, President Sebastián Piñera appointed her Minister for Women and Gender Equality, a position she assumed the following day. Her appointment caused much criticism and violent protests. The main reason for this is that Santelices, which belongs to the right-wing UDI ( Unión Democrática Independiente ), never distanced itself from the military dictadur of Pinochet and, for example, was quoted in 2016 as saying that good things are not under the military regime may forget. Other reasons were her statements against migrants and also that she had no experience in women's politics. A statement by Coordinadora Feminista 8M, a broad alliance of social, feminist and trade union organizations, said, “Your appointment is a threat to the lives of women, lesbians, transvestites, trans and non-binary, a provocation to the feminist movement and our historical memory, and we will not allow someone who embodies everything we accuse to be at the head of this ministry ”. The hashtag #NoTenemosMinistra (We do not have a minister) quickly achieved widespread use in social networks.

resignation

On the day of his resignation June 9, 2020 with President Piñera and successor Mónica Zalaquett

After only 34 days in office, Santelices had to resign. Her short term in office was marked by criticism and protests. After her first week in office, she talked about feminist movements “aiming at chaos, destruction and disqualification”.

There were also allegations that she had covered a case of sexual assault against a school principal while she was Mayor of Olmué.

In early June 2020, she was forced to withdraw a video that her ministry broadcast as part of a campaign against violence against women. Women's associations had criticized the portrayal of perpetrators as victims.

When she made Jorge Ruz, who is known for his sexist headlines in the newspaper “La Cuarta”, head of the study department of the Ministry for Women and Gender Equality a short time later, this apparently led not only to protests but also to resentment in the cabinet. The controversial appointment was reported in the media on June 8, 2020, and on June 9, 2020, after only 34 days in office, Santelices submitted her resignation. Her successor was Mónica Zalaquett .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ El Mostrador: Piñera Nombra a sobrina nieta de Pinochet a cargo del Ministerio de la Mujer. May 6, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Results of the 2008 council elections in Chile. Retrieved June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Results of the 2012 mayoral election in Olmué. Retrieved June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Results of the 2012 mayoral election in Olmué. Retrieved June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ EO: Alcaldesa de Olmué renunció a su cargo para postularse a gobernadora regional. In: Diario El Observador. Retrieved June 22, 2020 (es-CL).
  6. ↑ Christoph Gurk: Macarena Santelices. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 8, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 .
  7. ^ A b Jürgen Vogt: New Minister for Women in Chile: Pinochet's great niece in the cabinet . In: The daily newspaper: taz . May 10, 2020, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed June 22, 2020]).
  8. ↑ amerika21: Chile: Resistance to the appointment of Pinochet's great niece as Minister for Women. May 13, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 .
  9. ↑ VOCES | Cien escritoras Chilenas exigen salida de Macarena Santelices: “El gobierno nos golpea con la designación en el Ministerio de la Mujer y Equidad de Género de una persona que valora la dictadura”. Retrieved June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  10. ↑ Chile: Piñera nombra a una familiar de Pinochet como nueva ministra de la Mujer. May 6, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Declaración pública feminista por nombramiento de Macarena Santelices como ministra de la mujer y equidad de género. In: Red Chilena contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres. May 6, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 (es-CL).
  12. ^ A b Jürgen Vogt: Chile's controversial minister for women: resignation after 34 days . In: The daily newspaper: taz . June 11, 2020, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed June 22, 2020]).
  13. ↑ amerika21: Chile: Controversial women's minister resigns after 34 days. June 13, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Chile's women's minister, Pinochet's great niece, resigns a month into post . In: Reuters . June 9, 2020 (English, reuters.com [accessed June 22, 2020]).
  15. ↑ Chile: ministra de la Mujer afirma que “hay movimientos feministas que buscan caos y destrucción”. In: NODAL. May 15, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 (European Spanish).
  16. ↑ Ministra de la Mujer asegura que algunos movimientos feministas “buscan el caos y la destrucción”. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
  17. ↑ El Mostrador: Denuncian a Ministra de la Mujer Macarena Santelices por ocultar caso de acoso sexual y desvinculaciones irregulares durante su época de alcaldesa en Olmué. May 13, 2020, accessed June 22, 2020 (Spanish).
  18. ↑ Digital server : Molestia en La Moneda: Ministra de la Mujer nombra en puesto estratégico al ex productor del criticado “piscinazo” del Festival de Viña. Retrieved June 25, 2020 (Spanish).
  19. ↑ ¿Es broma? Ministra de la Mujer nombra en importante puesto al productor del sexista 'piscinazo' de la Reina de Viña. In: Ilustrado - Mantente informado. June 8, 2020, accessed June 25, 2020 (Spanish).
  20. ↑ Chile's women's minister, Pinochet's great niece, resigns a month into post . In: Reuters . June 9, 2020 (English, reuters.com [accessed June 25, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Santelices, Macarena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santelices Cañas, Macarena Eugenia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Viña del Mar