Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević (born 20 December 1972) is a Chilean

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who served as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC) from 2016 to 2017. She is a former

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and former deputy for Magallanes, which includes the communities of Rio Verde, Laguna Blanca,

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, Primavera,

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, San Gregorio,

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and

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. She was the PDC's nominee for

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Political career

She entered the

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, 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. Carolina Goic was elected president of the Christian Democratic Party in April 2016, following the resignation of Jorge Pizarro. 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"). She obtained 5.88% of the vote, the worst result for a Christian Democrat running for president in a general election in Chilean history, and subsequently resigned as president in November 2017, being replaced by Myriam Verdugo. Goic is a member of the

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