Leona Lucila Vidal Roberts (born 1972) is a

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curator, radio broadcaster and politician who has served as a

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of the Legislative Assembly for the

Stanley constituency Stanley is a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands which has been in existence since the first elections in the Falklands in 1949. The constituency of Stanley consists of the area that lies within 3.5 miles of the spi ...

since the

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. She previously served as Director and Manager of the

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. Roberts was born in

Punta Arenas Punta Arenas (; historically Sandy Point in English) is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena. The city was officially renamed as Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to "Punta Aren ...

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to Nelson Vidal and Eileen Biggs (a fifth generation Falkland Islander). The family moved to the Falklands when she was three. After attending

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, Roberts went to the United Kingdom to study Journalistic Law at Stradbroke College in

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, where she met her husband. In 1989 Roberts became an Assistant Editor at ''

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'' in

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and then in 1994 she moved to the Government Printing Office. Roberts was appointed Director and Manager of the

in 2002 Roberts has also been the host of ''Children’s Corner'' on the

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1972 births Living people Chilean people Falkland Islands people of Chilean descent Falkland Islands MLAs 2017–2021 Falkland Islands MLAs 2021–2025 People from Punta Arenas People from Stanley, Falkland Islands {{Falklands-stub