Adriana Muñoz D'Albora
Adriana Blanca Cristina Muñoz d'Albora | |
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Isabel Allende Bussi | |
Deputy in the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 1989–1993 | |
Constituency | 16th district |
In office 1997–2013 | |
Constituency | 9th district |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago, Chile | 25 September 1948
Political party | Party for Democracy |
Adriana Blanca Cristina Muñoz d'Albora (born 25 September 1948) is a Chilean sociologist and politician who serves as a member of the Senate of Chile, representing the 4th constituency of the Coquimbo Region. She previously served as president of the Senate of Chile.
Early life and education
Adriana Blanca Cristina Muñoz d'Albora was born in
Early career and exile
Muñoz worked at the Agrarian Reform Corporation and Rural Training Program from 1971 until 1973.[1] At age 22, she was an undersecretary in the Allende administration's Department of Agriculture. She later said she was "swallowed up" in the intensity of party militancy and "oblivious to the risks."[3]
After the 1973 coup, Muñoz went into exile with her husband and infant son in Vienna, where she lived until 1982.[1][2] While in Austria, she completed a master's in sociology and began a doctorate in political science and sociology at the University of Vienna.[1] She was a researcher for the Austria Project in the International Economic System in Luxembourg.[1]
Return to Chile
Muñoz returned to Chile in 1982, selling signs in her brother's shop for nearly two years.[2] She eventually became a researcher in various projects for the Women's Study Center (CEM). In 1987, she founded the Institute for Women.[1] In the 1990s, she was a consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the IDEAS Foundation for progress, and an advisor to the Ministry General Secretariat of the Chilean government.[1] Between 1997 and 1999, she was vice president of the College of Sociologists of Chile.[1]
After her return from exile, Muñoz worked with Ricardo Nuñez to reconstruct the Socialist Party and in 1986 she led the reconstitution of the Federation of Socialist Women,[2] of which she was president from 1988 to 1990.[1] She participated in the founding of the Party for Democracy (PPD) in 1987[1] and was vice president of the PPD from 1991 to 1992, from 2000 to 2002 and again from 2009 to 2010.[1]
Political career
Muñoz was elected to the
From 1993 to 1997, Muñoz served under José Joaquín Brunner as liaison between the Executive and Congress.[2] Muñoz was elected deputy for District 9 (part of the Santiago Metropolitan Region) in December 1997 and was vice president of the Chamber from 11 March – 8 October 1998.[1] She authored draft laws on intrafamily violence, sexual harassment, and constitutional reform.[1] She was re-elected in December 2001, and from 11 March 2002 – 13 March 2003 was president of the Chamber, the first woman in the position.[1][4] In 2002, she supported the proposal to legalize divorce.[3][7] Later that year she said, "The country is afraid of debate. Or we as the beaten-down left are afraid to be considered adding once again to divisiveness, destruction. There is a very strong trauma within us."[3]
Muñoz was re-elected again in the
On 17 March 2020, Muñoz was elected president of the Senate with 22 votes to 14 over Chile Vamos's Carmen Gloria Aravena. She is the second woman to hold the position after Isabel Allende.[8][9] An agreement had been made between parties that the president would be a member of the PPD, and her colleague Felipe Harboe declined nomination for the role due to the need for greater gender equality and female participation, saying "It will be an honor for me to continue working for parity, committing myself to working for the defense of women's rights."[10][11] Muñoz advocates for gender parity.[11]
Muñoz supports the
Publications
- Muñoz, Adriana (1988). Fuera feminista y democracia: Utopía a realizar (in Spanish). Santiago: Centro de Estudios Económicos y Sociales.
- Muñoz D’Albora, Adriana; Ramírez, Dora Cecilia; Luna, Lola G.; León, Magdalena; Ramírez Rodríguez, María Himelda; Roldán, Martha; Palma de Feuillet, Milagros; Valente, Virginia Vargas (1992). Género, clase y raza en América Latina: algunas aportaciones (in Spanish). Seminario Interdisciplinar Mujeres y Sociedad, Universitat de Barcelona.
- Muñoz D'Albora, Adriana (1996). "Mujer y política: complejidades y ambivalencia de una relación" (in Spanish). CEPAL.
- Munoz D’Albora, Adriana; Wojciechowski Levine, Scarlett (1996). "La importancia de una ley de cuotas en Chile" (Document) (in Spanish). Santiago: Fundación IDEAS.
Personal life
Muñoz is divorced and has a son.[1] She separated from her husband while in exile in Austria.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Adriana Muñoz D'Albora" (in Spanish). Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile.
- ^ ISBN 9780231504553.
- ^ ISBN 9781137091505.
- ^ ISBN 978-0271037479.
- ISBN 9780801858383.
- ISBN 9789562051606.
- ^ Erlich, Reese (10 April 2002). "Untying Chile's marriage knot". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "La progresista Adriana Muñoz se convierte en la segunda mujer en presidir el Senado de Chile" (in Spanish). EIPais. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Adriana Muñoz es la segunda mujer en asumir la presidencia del Senado" (in Spanish). CNN. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Felipe Harboe declina a la presidencia del Senado para que Adriana Muñoz asuma en el cargo" (in Spanish). CNN. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ a b Catalina Batarce, María (25 January 2020). "Adriana Muñoz pide impulsar paridad en elecciones municipales y parlamentarias" (in Spanish). PAUTA. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Muñoz, Adriana (24 October 2020). "A votar para empezar a construir un nuevo Chile" (in Spanish). Cooperative. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Jiménez, Marcela (31 October 2020). "Presidenta del Senado, Adriana Muñoz: "Si la centroizquierda no escucha lo que sucedió el 25 de octubre, quiere decir que queda a la cola de la historia"" (in Spanish). ElMostrador. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Edwards, Sebastian (25 June 2020). "Ex presidenta del TC: "Adriana Muñoz le ha dicho al país que está por un populismo legislativo"" (in Spanish). El Libero. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Salinas, María Gabriela (18 December 2020). "Prisión preventiva y falta de debido proceso: las cifras que desmienten a Adriana Muñoz" (in Spanish). El Dinamo. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "5 momentos que dejó la entrevista a Adriana Muñoz en Tolerancia Cero" (in Spanish). CNN. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
External links
- Adriana Muñoz D'Albora on Twitter