Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević (born 20 December 1972,

Puerto Natales Puerto Natales is a city in Chilean Patagonia. It is the capital of both the commune of Natales and the province of Última Esperanza, one of the four provinces that make up the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region in the southernmost part ...

) is a Chilean

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

, currently serving as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC). She is a Senator for Magallanes, former Deputy for the 60th district, which includes the communities of Rio Verde, Laguna Blanca,

Cape Horn Cape Horn ( es, Cabo de Hornos, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramí ...

, Porvenir, Primavera,

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 Are ...

, San Gregorio,

Timaukel Timaukel is a commune located in the Chilean part of Tierra del Fuego Island. It is part of Tierra del Fuego Province in Magallanes Region. The commune is administered by the municipality in Villa Cameron, which is the main port and settlement ...

and

Torres del Paine The Cordillera Paine is a mountain group in Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia. The cordillera is located north of Punta Arenas, and about south of the Chilean capital Santiago. It belongs to the Commune of Torres del Paine i ...

. She is of Croatian heritage; the niece of

Alejandro Goic Karmelic Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsander ( Irish), Alessandro ( Italian), Aleksandr ...

. She entered the

Catholic University of Chile The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

, where graduated as a social worker. Then she obtained magister degree in economics at the Catholic University of Chile. She is married to Christian Kirk Miranda, a marine biologist by profession and photographer, and served as director of the National Tourism Service (Sernatur) in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region. She is the mother of two daughters: Catalina and Alejandra. On 11 March 2017 Carolina Goic was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as Presidential candidate in the Chilean general election. On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years. On 11 May 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Electoral Service of Chile ("Servel"). Goic is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.

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1972 births Living people People from Puerto Natales Chilean people of Croatian descent Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Members of the Senate of Chile Women members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Members of the Inter-American Dialogue Senators of the LV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni {{Chile-law-bio-stub