Ena Anglein von Baer Jahn (born 28 November 1974 in Temuco) is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and former senator.
Ena von Baer | |
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| Senator of the Republic | |
| In office 10 March 2014 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Larraín |
| Succeeded by | María José Gatica |
| In office 2 August 2011 – 11 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Pablo Longueira |
| Succeeded by | Manuel José Ossandón |
| Minister Secretary-General of Government | |
| In office 11 March 2010 – 18 July 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Pilar Armanet |
| Succeeded by | Andrés Chadwick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 November 1974 Temuco, Chile |
| Political party | Independent Democrat Union (UDI) |
| Spouse | Eduardo Fröhlich |
| Children | Two |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile University of Aachen, Germany |
| Occupation | Journalist, Political scientist, Politician |
| Website | Pinera2010.cl |
In December 2009, von Baer lost a very tight race for a seat in the Senate. In March 2010 she became Minister Secretary-General of Government. In July 2011 she was designated senator, replacing Pablo Longueira, who left the senate to become Minister of Economy.
Prior to her work in the government, von Baer was a panelist on a televised political show and worked for the think tank Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo.
Biography
editUpon her return to Chile in 2002, von Baer worked as researcher for the political science department at Libertad y Desarrollo, a think tank. She then served as the Academic Director of the School of Government in the Adolfo Ibáñez University, a position which she later abandoned in order to return to LyD as Director of its Social and Political Program. She dedicated her work to research into political systems and electoral studies, and to developing social politics related to poverty and indigenous peoples. She also worked as a legislative advisor, especially in the subject of automatic electoral enrollment and voluntary vote. During the same time, she was a professor at the Faculty of Government at the University for Development and a panelist on a program of Televisión Nacional de Chile, Estado Nacional.[1]
Political career
editOn 9 February 2010, President Piñera named von Baer as Minister Secretary-General of Government. She took office on 11 March 2010. At the president's request, she resigned in July, 2011. A few days later, she was designated as senator.[2]
In 2011 von Baer was used as an example of someone in the government with family members who have acquired the patents for crops and will benefit from the privatisation of seed.[3]
For the 2013 parliamentary election she first intended run as senator for the same district she was representing -Santiago Oriente. However the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) assigned instead Laurence Golborne as their candidate there.[4] Von Baer was however allowed a slot by UDI to run for Circunscripción Nº 16, Los Ríos Region, where she was actually elected. Her campaign was financed by SOQUIMICH[5] and was actually the parliament election campaign that spent most money per vote obtained in that election in the whole of Chile.[6]
Bibliography
edit- Von Baer, Ena. Die Rolle der Vergangenheitsbewältigung im Systemwechsel (Fallbeispiel Chile) [The Role of Coming to Terms with the Past in System Change (Case Study Chile)] (in German). Dr. Müller. ISBN 3-8364-2618-8.
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Terra ENA VON BAER: LA OTRA MISS Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Spanish) Radio Universidad de Chile http://radio.uchile.cl/noticias/117020/
- ^ Figueroa, Pia (18 May 2011). "Von Baer privatises quinoa". Pressenza. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "Von Baer y Moreira bajarían su postulación por Santiago Oriente si Golborne acepta competir". EMOL. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Platas de SQM llegaron a campaña de la senadora Ena von Baer". El Desconcierto (in Spanish). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ Huneeus, Pablo (2015). Los dos Chiles: Controversias del voto voluntario e inscripción automática: los que no votaron y quienes decidieron por ellos (in Spanish). Catalonia.
External links
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