Magdalena Matte Lecaros (born August 13, 1950) is a Chilean

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and

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. She is member of the

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(UDI) and was part of Chile's

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under Chile's former

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for the term of 2010–2014. She is a member of the

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Biography

Matte was born in

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. Her

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grandmother, Rosa Ester Alessandri Rodríguez, was the daughter of

Arturo Alessandri Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (; December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to ...

, Chile's president during 1920–1925 and 1932–1938. Rosa was also the sister of

Jorge Alessandri Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (; 19 May 1896 – 31 August 1986) was the 26th president of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador A ...

, President of Chile between 1958 and 1964. Her paternal grandfather,

Arturo Matte Larraín Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People *Arturo Alessandri (1868–1950), Chilean politician and president *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born ...

, was a lawyer and congressman, Minister of the State, presidential candidate (1952), and a founder of forestal and paper company CMPC.' Matte lost her father, Arturo Matte Alessandri, in 1965 when she was 14 years of age. She completed her schooling in Santiago's ''Colegio Santa Úrsula''. She completed her university studies in the

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majoring in

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. In 1974, she married Hernán Larraín Fernández, who is a Chilean Senator and former President of the Senate between 2004 and 2005, with whom she has six children.'

Career

She has worked in the private sector, mainly in the company ''Papeleria Dimar'', of which she has been both executive and investor. In 2002, she worked with ''Fondo Confianza'' though the foundation ''La Vaca'', wherein she aided in funding

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ial women of low-economic resources. She created 230 work and education centers which cater to 3,000 women in the area of El Maule Sur.

Politics

On February 9, 2010, Chile's then-President-elect Sebastián Piñera nominated Magdalena Matte as his Minister of Housing and Urban Development. On April 19, 2011, Magdalena stepped down as minister due to the suspect millionaire compensation payment to the construction company Kodama.Kodama's case.

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