Yasna Provoste
Yasna Provoste | |
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Adriana Muñoz D'Albora | |
Succeeded by | Ximena Rincón |
Senator from Atacama | |
Assumed office 11 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | District established |
Constituency | 4th district |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Atacama | |
In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Giovanni Calderón Bassi |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | 6th district |
Minister of Education | |
In office 14 July 2006 – 3 April 2008 | |
President | Michelle Bachelet |
Preceded by | Martín Zilic |
Succeeded by | René Cortázar |
Minister of Planning | |
In office 10 February 2005 – 11 March 2006 | |
President | Ricardo Lagos |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Clarisa Hardy |
Minister of Planning and Cooperation | |
In office 1 October 2004 – 10 February 2005 | |
President | Ricardo Lagos |
Preceded by | Andrés Palma Irarrázaval |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Intendant of Atacama Region | |
In office 26 December 2001 – 30 September 2004 | |
President | Ricardo Lagos |
Preceded by | Armando Arancibia Calderón |
Succeeded by | Rodrigo Rojas Veas |
Governor of Huasco Province | |
In office 1997–2001 | |
President | Eduardo Frei Montalva |
Preceded by | Armando Flores Jiménez |
President of the Playa Ancha University Students Federation | |
In office 1987–1989 | |
Preceded by | Omar Jara |
Succeeded by | Rossana Fuentes[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Pontifical Xavierian University (MA) | 16 December 1969
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Physical education teacher |
Yasna Provoste Campillay (born 16 December 1969) is a
In 2008, following the fraudulent activities of civil servant Franka Grez,
After a period of self-imposed exile in Canada
Early life
Provoste was born in
Provoste majored in
Political career
During the Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle administration Provoste was the director of the National Women's Service in the Atacama Region from 1996 to 1997 and governor of the Huasco Province from 1997 to 2001. During President Ricardo Lagos's tenure she was intendant of the Atacama Region from 2001 to 2004, minister of Planning from 2004 to 2006 and, during Michelle Bachelet's presidency, national executive director of Integra Foundation in 2006 and Minister of Education from 2006 to 2008.
Impeachment trial
In February 2008, the Office of the General Auditor of the Republic reported that around US$500 million of funds transferred by the Education Ministry to public and subsidized private schools during 2004 to 2008 were not properly accounted for and that nearly US$600 thousand were illegally transferred by Franka Grez to private school managers and her siblings Juan Pablo and Edmundo Grez.[8] There were also reports of financial mismanagement in other areas, as well as duplicate enrollment of thousands of students.
Thus, Provoste was accused by the opposition deputies
After the impeachment trial, Provoste was immediately removed from her position and was disqualified from office for the next five years. Meanwhile, Franka Grez received an eleven-year prison sentence for having illegally transferred public funds[8][9] for four years.[8][9][4]
Vote details
Chamber of Deputies:[15]
- Admissibility of impeachment against the Minister of Education Yasna Provoste.
- Yes: 59 (50.9%) [All opposition-party deputies, plus independent deputy Christian Democrat members Alejandra Sepúlveda, Jaime Mulet, Eduardo Díaz del Río and Carlos Olivares.]
- No: 55 (47.4%) [All Concertación deputies, except Christian Democrat deputies Gabriel Ascencio and Pablo Lorenzini, Party for Democracy deputy René Alinco, and Socialist deputy Laura Soto.]
- Abstention: 2 (1.7%) [Concertación deputies René Alinco and Pablo Lorenzini.]
- Not present: 3 [Former Christian Democrat member Pedro Araya Guerrero, Christian Democrat deputy Gabriel Ascencio and former Party for Democracy member Esteban Valenzuela.]
- Barred from voting: 1 [Socialist deputy Laura Soto.]
- Yes: 59 (50.9%) [All opposition-party deputies, plus independent deputy
Senate:[16]
- Count 1: Not correcting the grave infringements and irregularities committed by Ministerial Secretary of Education of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in the handling of public funds.
- Yes: 20 (52.6%) [Votes by senators from the opposition parties Independent Democratic Union and National Renewal, by former Concertación senators Fernando Flores and Adolfo Zaldívar, and by independent senator Carlos Bianchi.]
- No: 18 (47.4%) [Votes by senators from the governing Concertación coalition.]
- Abstention: 0 (0.0%)
- Result: Approved.
- Count 2: Not applying sanctions in the cases of grave infractions to the subsidizing law.
- Yes: 19 (50.0%) [Same as Count 1, minus Bianchi.]
- No: 19 (50.0%) [Same as Count 1, plus Bianchi.]
- Abstention: 0 (0.0%)
- Result: Rejected.
- Count 3: Not dismissing the Ministerial Secretary of Education of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, who was administratively responsible for the grave infractions and irregularities.
- Yes: 4 (10.5%) [Four opposition-party senators.]
- No: 34 (89.5%)
- Abstention: 0 (0.0%)
- Result: Rejected.
- Count 4: Ignoring the results and recommendations of audits that revealed the very grave irregularities committed in different programs and regions of the country.
- Yes: 14 (36.8%) [Thirteen opposition-party senators, plus Zaldívar.]
- No: 24 (63.2%)
- Abstention: 0 (0.0%)
- Result: Rejected.
- Count 5: Providing inaccurate or intentionally incomplete information to the public opinion and to the Chamber of Deputies, thus violating the principle of administrative probity.
- Yes: 3 (7.9%) [Three opposition-party senators.]
- No: 34 (89.5%)
- Abstention: 1 (2.6%) [Former Concertación senator Fernando Flores.]
- Result: Rejected.
Post-impeachment life
Shortly after her impeachment Provoste moved to Canada to study. On 15 October 2008 she filed a suit against the Chilean state before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.[17]
Provoste returned to Chile in mid-2009, residing in Vallenar. In November 2010 she was elected president of the Christian Democrat Party in the Atacama Region with 80% of the vote, allowing her to be part of the party's National Council.[18]
Return to politics
In November 2013, she was elected a deputy at Chile's lower chamber of Congress, representing District 6 of the Atacama Region of northern Chile. In 2017, she was elected as senator for the same region, taking office in March 2018.
On 17 March 2021, Provoste became
Presidential race
Primaries elections
On 23 July 2021, Provoste announced her candidacy for the
On 31 July, during a visit that Provoste made to a vegetable fair in
On 2 August, she participated in the first televised general debate for the
She won her coalition's primaries on 21 August 2021[40][41][42][43][44] and resigned from the Senate presidency on 24 August as a result.[12][45][46][47][48]
Presidential elections
On 21 November 2021, she lost the election after finishing in the fifth place with 815,558 votes (11.61%).[13] According to La Tercera, her centrist electorate was captured by Franco Parisi, who finished ahead of Provoste as well as centre-right candidate Sebastián Sichel.[49]
References
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- ^ "Qué pasó con los US$600 millones que le costaron el cargo a Yasna Provoste". El Dínamo. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Franka Grez: "No cometí malversación, sino más bien apropiación o hurto"". Etcheverry Consultores. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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- ^ a b c "Ex funcionaria admite fraude de $310 millones en Seremi de Educación". El Mostrador. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Cómo fue el autoexilio de Yasna Provoste en Canadá después de su momento más duro en la política". Ex-Ante. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Yasna Provoste: Su nueva vida en Canadá". La Tercera. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Tras ganar la consulta ciudadana: Yasna Provoste renunció a la presidencia del Senado". Radio Cooperativa. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Elección de Presidente 2021". Servel. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Senado comienza a oír argumentos de acusación contra Provoste". El Mostrador. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Detalle de la Votación en Sala de Diputados". Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Acusación Constitucional contra Ministra de Educación". Senate of the Republic of Chile. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Provoste demanda a Chile ante la Comisión Interamericana de DD.HH. por su destitución, El Mercurio, October 16, 2008.
- ^ La Tercera, February 7, 2011, p. 1.
- ^ "El discurso completo de Yasna Provoste al asumir la presidencia del Senado". CNN Chile. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Yasna Provoste lanza candidatura presidencial con gesto a la centroizquierda: "Estoy disponible para cualquier mecanismo que sea abierto, democrático y participativo"". El Mostrador. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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- ^ "Quién es el candidato Carlos Maldonado". Radio Pauta. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ ""Devuelva la plata que se robó": Así increparon a Provoste en feria de Puente Alto". CNN Chile. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Senadora Provoste es expulsada de Feria de Puente Alto: responsabilizó a "grupos organizados"". Radio Bío-Bío. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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- ^ a b c ""Impresionantemente parecidos": analistas fustigan debate de Unidad Constituyente entre Provoste, Narváez y Maldonado". El Mostrador. 3 August 2021.
- ^ Guzmán, Gerson (3 August 2021). "Maldonado increpa a Provoste por tardía candidatura que los dejó fuera de primarias legales". Radio Bío-Bío.
- ^ "Provoste, Narváez y Maldonado protagonizan debate presidencial marcado por las pensiones, por La Araucanía y emplazamientos por fallidas primarias". El Mostrador. 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Yasna Provoste (DC) se impone por amplia mayoría en consulta ciudadana y se convierte en la carta presidencial de Unidad Constituyente". La Tercera. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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- ^ "Yasna Provoste renuncia a la presidencia del Senado para enfocarse en su candidatura presidencial". El Líbero. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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- ^ "Franco Parisi se impone a Provoste y Sichel, los candidatos de los partidos que lideraron Chile por 30 años". La Tercera. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.