Aracely Andrea Leuquén Uribe (born 24 November 1980) is a Chilean politician. She is a member of the
Chamber of Deputies of Chile
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Eligibil ...
from the
National Renewal Party. A traditionalist conservative, she opposes
same-sex marriage
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and
abortion
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. When she took office on
March 11, 2018, she became one of the first two
Mapuche
The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who sha ...
women elected to the Chilean Congress, together with her Socialist counterpart
Emilia Nuyado
Emilia Iris Nuyado Ancapichún ( San Pablo, August 17, 1968) is a Chilean politician of Mapuche- Huillliche descent. Since March 11, 2018 she has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the 25th district in the Los Lagos Region ...
. She did not run for re-election in
2021
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.
References
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Living people
1980 births
21st-century Chilean women politicians
21st-century Chilean politicians
Chilean people
Chilean anti-abortion activists
Chilean people of Basque descent
Chilean people of Mapuche descent
Huilliche people
Mapuche women
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
National Renewal (Chile) politicians
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Deputies of the LV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile