Lissette Ivonne García Bustamante ( Concepción, February 26, 1963) is a Chilean social worker, lawyer and politician, member of the

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(PDC). She served as deputy director of the

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(Sernam) and as undersecretary of Social Security, during the governments of Presidents

Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military di ...

and

Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...

, respectively.

Education

She completed her degree in Social Work from the

University of Concepción Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) is a traditional Chilean private university. The work of the Penquista community, it is one of the most prestigious in Chile, and considered complex due to its extensive research in the various areas of knowled ...

. Later, she pursued Law from the

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and graduated as a lawyer. She went on to complete a postgraduate course in Social Program Management from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the

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Public career

Her professional development has been linked to public management, mainly in the field of social policies. From 1991 to 1994, she served as the national director of the Regional Area of the Integra Foundation in the

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. Later, from 1994 to 2000, she worked as the National Coordinator of the Women's Rights Information Centers Program (Cidem) at the

(Sernam). During the administration of President

, from 2000 to 2001, she was head of the Department for the Protection of Rights of the National Service for Minors (Sename), and between 2001 and 2002, she was head of the Department of Regional Development of the National Council for the Control of Narcotics (Conace). In her later years, she was appointed as the deputy director of Sernam by Lagos. In this role, she served as Chile's representative to the

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(OAS) and the Inter-American Commission of Women, where she was recognized as an expert on women's political participation in

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. She held that position until July 15, 2004, when she resigned to run for the position of mayor of

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in the municipal elections of that year. She is a board member of Art-America cultural foundation and Abogadas Pro Familia

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References

1963 births Living people Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians Chilean women lawyers University of Concepción alumni Universidad Central de Chile alumni University of Chile alumni