María Isabel Allende | |
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![]() 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 | Santiago, Chile | 18 January 1945
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.