The 2011 Chilean protests over the education have been primarily led by the CONFECH, the student unions association of Chile's 25 traditional universities, and CONES the student union association of secondary students of Chile. The student union leaders of emblematic universities (e.g.

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and

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) and schools (e.g. Instituto Nacional) account for most of the movements leadership at national level.

University students' unions leaders

Camilo Ballesteros

Giorgio Jackson

Giorgio Jackson Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago (born

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, February 6, 1987) is the president of Federación de Estudiantes de la

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(FEUC) and in that position one of the principal leaders of the 2011 student protests.

Camila Vallejo

Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling (born in

, April 28, 1988) is a

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student and a leader of the student movement in

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. She is a member and activist of the ''Juventudes Comunistas de Chile'' (

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), and the current president of the

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, being the second woman to hold this post, after Marisol Prado (1997–1998). Camila Vallejo is the daughter of Reinaldo Vallejo and Mariela Dowling, former members of

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during the 1970s. Vallejo lived her childhood between the communes of

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and La Florida, and she studied in ''Colegio Raimapu'', a mixed-private school in La Florida. In 2006, Vallejo entered the University of Chile to study geography, where she started forming ties with

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students and getting involved in politics, which led her to join the Chilean Communist Youth the next year. She was counselor of the FECh in 2008. In November 2010 she was chosen as the president of the FECh. She has acquired public attention as a leading spokesperson and leader of the 2011 student protests in Chile, alongside other student leaders: Giorgio Jackson from the Student Federation of the

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and Camilo Ballesteros from the Student Federation of the

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. In August 2011, the Supreme Court of Chile ordered police protection for Camila Vallejo because of the death threats she received.

Secondary students' unions

Rodrigo Rivera

Leader of ''Federación de Estudiantes Secundarios de

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'' (Copiapó Federation of High School Students - FESCO) and nacional spokesperson of the high school organization ''Cones'' (National Coordinator of High School Students).

Roberto Toledo

President of ''Federación de Estudiantes Secundarios de Concepción'' (Concepción Federation of High School Students - FESEC) and national spokesperson of the high school organization ''Cones'' (National Coordinator of High School Students).

Indigenous student organizations

José Ancalao

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for indigenous

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students.

References

External links

Personal blog''La linda presidenta de la Fech llama la atención de las agencias internacionales''
from the Chilean newspaper

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(article in Spanish)
Camila Vallejo, Sebastian Pinera and the Chilean Winter
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