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Carolina Goic

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Carolina Goić
President of the Christian Democratic Party
In office
2 April 2016 – 20 November 2017
Preceded byJorge Pizarro
Succeeded byMyriam Verdugo
ConstituencyMagallanes Region
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office
11 March 2014 – 11 March 2022
Preceded byPedro Muñoz Aburto
Succeeded byDissolution of the Circumscription
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
11 March 2006 – 11 March 2014
Preceded byPedro Muñoz Aburto
Succeeded byJuan Morano Cornejo
ConstituencyMagallanes Region
(60th District)
Personal details
Born (1972-12-20) 20 December 1972 (age 51)
Puerto Natales, Chile
SpouseChristian Kirk Miranda
ChildrenTwo
RelativesAlejandro Goic Karmelic
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Chile
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSocial worker

Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević (born 20 December 1972) is a Chilean politician who served as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC) from 2016 to 2017.

She is a former Senator and former deputy for Magallanes, which includes the communities of Rio Verde, Laguna Blanca, Cape Horn, Porvenir, Primavera, Punta Arenas, San Gregorio, Timaukel and Torres del Paine.[1] She was the PDC's nominee for president of Chile in 2017.

Political career

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She entered the Catholic University of Chile, 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.[2]

On 11 March 2017 Carolina Goic was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as presidential candidate in the Chilean general election.[3] On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years.[4] On 11 May 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Electoral Service of Chile ("Servel").[5] 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,[6] being replaced by Myriam Verdugo.[7]

Goic is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.

References

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  1. ^ Biografía Diputada Carolina Goic Borojević, Distrito 60 XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Cooperativa.cl. "Senadora Carolina Goic asume como presidenta de la DC en reemplazo de Jorge Pizarro". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  3. ^ "Junta Nacional de la DC proclama a Carolina Goic como su candidata presidencial". Emol.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
  4. ^ "Chile's governing coalition splits ahead of November election". Reuters. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (2017-05-11). "Goic marca distancia con Piñera al inscribir oficialmente su candidatura presidencial por la DC | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  6. ^ Cooperativa.cl. "Carolina Goic renunció a la presidencia de la DC". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  7. ^ "Nuestra Historia | #SomosLaDC" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
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