Andrea Parra

Andrea Parra
Andrea Parra
	Andrea Parra in 2018
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 March 2018
Constituency	District 22
Governor of Malleco Province
	In office; 11 March 2014 – 11 November 2016
President	Michelle Bachelet
Preceded by	Erich Baumann Frindt
Succeeded by	Guillermo Pirce Medina
Councilor of Angol
	In office; 11 March 2008 – 11 March 2014
Personal details
Born	Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel; 2 September 1967 (age 57); Temuco, Chile
Political party	Party for Democracy
Children	3
Education	University of La Frontera
Occupation	Nurse, politician

Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel (born 2 September 1967) is a Chilean nurse and politician of the Party for Democracy (PPD). She has served as councilor of the municipality of Angol, governor of Malleco Province, and in March 2018 became the first woman to represent her region in the Chamber of Deputies for District 22.

Biography

Andrea Parra was born in Temuco on 2 September 1967, the daughter of Víctor Hugo Parra Hormazábal and Irle Olga Sauterel Schilling. She completed her basic and secondary studies at the Liceo Pablo Neruda in Temuco, graduating in 1984. From 1985 to 1990, she studied at the University of La Frontera, obtaining a nursing degree. She worked professionally at Huequén Family Health Center in Malleco Province, La Araucanía Region. She is divorced and has three children.^[1]

Political career

Since 2003, she has been a member of the PPD. Previously, she belonged to the Christian Democratic Party.

In the 2008 municipal elections, she won a seat as councilor for Angol, receiving 913 votes, equivalent to 3.90% of the total.^[2]

On 14 March 2014, during the presidency of Michelle Bachelet, she was appointed governor of Malleco Province. On 10 November 2016, she resigned her position to stand as a candidate for deputy.^[3]

She was successful in the 2017 general election, becoming a member of the Chamber of Deputies for District 22 for the term 2018–2022 as part of the New Majority coalition.^[4] She received 10,312 votes, corresponding to 9.54% of the total votes cast.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel" (in Spanish). Library of Congress of Chile. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Reportes Estadisticos Comunales" [Communal Statistical Reports] (in Spanish). Library of Congress of Chile. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Gobernadora Andrea Parra será candidata a diputada por Malleco" [Governor Andrea Parra to be Candidate for Deputy for Malleco] (in Spanish). University of La Frontera. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ Ferraro, Lorena (8 February 2018). "Andrea Parra, diputada electa PPD: 'La primera tarea de cada parlamentario de la NM es defender las políticas de Bachelet'" [Andrea Parra, PPD Deputy-Elect: 'The First Task of Every MP in the NM is to Defend Bachelet's Policies']. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Resultados Elecciones 2017" [2017 Election Results]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Malleco Eligió A La Primera Diputada De Su Historia" [Malleco Elects the First Woman Deputy in its History]. Angolnoticias (in Spanish). 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

External links

This article incorporates text from the Library of Congress of Chile available under the CC BY 3.0 CL license.

[1] "Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel" (in Spanish). Library of Congress of Chile. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[2] "Reportes Estadisticos Comunales" [Communal Statistical Reports] (in Spanish). Library of Congress of Chile. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[3] "Gobernadora Andrea Parra será candidata a diputada por Malleco" [Governor Andrea Parra to be Candidate for Deputy for Malleco] (in Spanish). University of La Frontera. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[4] Ferraro, Lorena (8 February 2018). "Andrea Parra, diputada electa PPD: 'La primera tarea de cada parlamentario de la NM es defender las políticas de Bachelet'" [Andrea Parra, PPD Deputy-Elect: 'The First Task of Every MP in the NM is to Defend Bachelet's Policies']. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[5] "Resultados Elecciones 2017" [2017 Election Results]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[6] "Malleco Eligió A La Primera Diputada De Su Historia" [Malleco Elects the First Woman Deputy in its History]. Angolnoticias (in Spanish). 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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