Silvia Alessandri Montes (20 May 1927 – 30 June 2021) was a Chilean politician. She served as a

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for

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between 1969 and 1973 representing the

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Early life

Alessandri was the daughter of Hernán Alessandri Rodríguez and Sofía Montes Sutil; she was also the niece of former president

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 ...

and the granddaughter 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 ...

. She completed her secondary studies at the Colegio del Sagrado Corazón. Later, she took nursing courses at the Chilean Red Cross.

Political career

Alessandri started her political activities in the National Party. She was elected deputy for the 7th departmental constituency of Santiago, for the period 1969-1973. She was a member of the Permanent Commission of Public Health, the National Defense Commission, the Mining Commission, that of the Treasury, that of Foreign Relations, that of Work and Social Security and that of Housing and Urbanism. She was a member of the Special Investigative Commission on Complaints Against the National Health Service (SNS) between 1971 and 1972. Alessandri was a member of the Parliamentary Committee of the National Party between 1972 and 1973. In December 1971, she obtained permission from the authorities to carry out the march of the empty saucepans, which led to the emergence of the civic movement called Female Power.

Personal life and death

Alessandri married Hernán Calvo Salas and they had five children. She died in Santiago on 30 June 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alessandri, Silvia 1927 births 2021 deaths Politicians from Santiago, Chile Silvia Alessandri Chilean people of Italian descent Conservative Party (Chile) politicians Traditionalist Conservative Party politicians United Conservative Party (Chile) politicians National Party (Chile, 1966) politicians National Renewal (Chile) politicians Deputies of the XLVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Women members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile