María Luisa Cordero Velásquez (born 23 January 1943) is a
Chilean psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...
, writer, television commentator and politician.
Political career
In 2012, she defined herself as an
anti-communist
Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, w ...
. In 2013 she was criticized for saying that her vote “is worth 10 times more than
ymaid's”. During the 2021 political campaign she was asked if she had changed her mind on the subject, and she replied that “I still think the same”. In 2021, she failed to gain a seat for the
Chilean Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention () was the constituent body of the Chile, Republic of Chile in charge of drafting a new Political Constitution of the Republic after the approval of the 2020 Chilean national plebiscite, national plebiscite held in O ...
.
As congresswoman
In November 2021, she was elected to the House of Representatives.
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1943 births
Living people
Chilean people of Spanish descent
Chilean anti-communists
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni
Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians
Chilean television personalities
Deputies of the LVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
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