Magdalena Matte Lecaros (born August 13, 1950) is a Chilean

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and

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. She is member of the

Independent Democratic Union The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a civilian allied with A ...

(UDI) and was part of Chile's

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under Chile's former

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for the term of 2010–2014. She is a member of the

Matte family The Matte family is a rich, powerful and influential Chilean family of Catalan people, Catalan origin. According to ''Forbes'' magazine, their wealth amounts to US$2.7 billion (2007). Family origins The Matte family's rise to power began in the ...

Biography

Matte was born in

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. Her

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grandmother, Rosa Ester Alessandri Rodríguez, was the daughter of

Arturo Alessandri Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (; December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to 1 ...

, Chile's president during 1920–1925 and 1932–1938. Rosa was also the sister of

Jorge Alessandri Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (; 19 May 1896 – 31 August 1986) was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador All ...

, President of Chile between 1958 and 1964. Her paternal grandfather,

Arturo Matte Larraín Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer *Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), B ...

, was a lawyer and congressman, Minister of the State, presidential candidate (1952), and a founder of forestal and paper company

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.' Matte lost her father, Arturo Matte Alessandri, in 1965 when she was 14 years of age. She completed her schooling in Santiago's ''Colegio Santa Úrsula''. She completed her university studies in the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

majoring in

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. In 1974, she married Hernán Larraín Fernández, who is a Chilean Senator and former President of the Senate between 2004 and 2005, with whom she has six children.'

Career

She has worked in the private sector, mainly in the company ''Papeleria Dimar'', of which she has been both executive and investor. In 2002, she worked with ''Fondo Confianza'' though the foundation ''La Vaca'', wherein she aided in funding

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ial women of low-economic resources. She created 230 work and education centers which cater to 3,000 women in the area of El Maule Sur.

Politics

On February 9, 2010, Chile's then-President-elect Sebastián Piñera nominated Magdalena Matte as his Minister of Housing and Urban Development. On April 19, 2011, Magdalena stepped down as minister due to the suspect millionaire compensation payment to the construction company Kodama.Kodama's case.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matte, Magdalena Living people 1950 births Chilean businesspeople Chilean civil engineers Chilean people of Catalan descent Chilean people of Italian descent Chilean people of Spanish descent Magdalena Government ministers of Chile Independent Democratic Union politicians People from Santiago Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Women government ministers of Chile Chilean women engineers

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Biography

Career

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