María José Hoffmann Opazo (born 28 December 1976) is a Chilean

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who currently serves as

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Early life

Daughter of Fernando Hoffmann Álamos and María Eugenia Opazo Villaseca, she was born in

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on 28 December 1976. Her father was a second lieutenant in the army and received training from the

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(1974). She is married to Gonzalo Müller, a

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and political analyst known to being an advisor of

Joaquín Lavín Joaquín José Lavín Infante (born 23 October 1953) is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes, in the northeastern zone of Santiago. Formerly Lavín has also been mayor of Santiago ...

in the Municipality of Las Condes.

Political career

She entered politics as a university student, when she joined the

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Youth. Similarly, she was the first woman to take over as UDI Youth national president. From 2000 to 2004, she was a councilor for the Municipality of Recoleta. From 2003 to 2004, Hoffmann was executive secretary of the Jaime Guzmán Pro Memorial Corporation. From 2004 and 2008, now she was elected councilor for the Municipality of

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. During the same period she assumed the national presidency of the councilors of her party. Also, from 2005 to 2008, she was vice president of councilors of the Chilean Association of Municipalities (ASCHM). In December 2009, Hoffmann was elected deputy for the 15th district representing the communes of Algarrobo, Cartagena,

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and

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in the

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for the 2010−2014 legislative period. In the

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, Hoffmann was a member of the permanent commissions of Interior Government and Regionalization, Education, Human Rights, Nationality and Citizenship. Likewise, she was part of the UDI parliamentary committee. In the 2013 parliamentary elections, she was re-elected in her district for the 2014−2018 period. Now Hoffmann was a member of the Permanent Commissions of Culture, Arts and Communications; Education; Social Development, Overcoming Poverty and Planning; and Science and Technology. On 26 November 2014, Hoffmann questioned

Nicolás Eyzaguirre Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán (born 3 January 1953 in Santiago) is a Chilean economist, and the former Minister of Education of his country. Previously, he was Chile's Minister of Finance between 2000 and 2006. He is the son of architect Joaquín E ...

, the Minister of Education with almost 20 questions, in the midst of demonstrations in the congress. Hoewever, she was criticized for her role in the interpellation, both by pro-government parliamentarians and by her coalition peers. In November 2017, Hoffmann was elected deputy for the new 7th district of the Valparaíso Region for the legislative period 2018−2022; she obtained the first majority of votes. Until 2022, she integrated the permanent commissions of Sciences and Technologies; Education; and Environment and Natural Resources. In the

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, Hofmann was a promoter by default of the candidacy of

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despite her party officially supported to

Sebastián Sichel Sebastián Iglesias Sichel Ramírez (born 30 July 1977) is a Chilean lawyer, professor, ex minister of State and politician who served as president of the () from June 2020 until December 2020. He also previously served as Minister of Social ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann, María José 1976 births Living people 21st-century Chilean politicians Independent Democratic Union politicians Central University of Chile alumni Francisco de Vitoria University alumni University for Development alumni Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Chilean anti-communists