Ximena Rincón

Ximena Cecilia Rincón González (born 5 July 1968) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. She is formerly Chile's Labor Minister and former Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency under President Michelle Bachelet.[2]

Ximena Rincón
President of the Senate of Chile
In office
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) – 11 March 2022 (2022-03-11)
Preceded byYasna Provoste
Succeeded byÁlvaro Elizalde[1]
Minister of Labor and Social Providence
In office
11 May 2015 (2015-05-11) – 18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byJaviera Blanco
Succeeded byAlejandra Krauss
Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency of Chile
In office
11 March 2014 (2014-03-11) – 11 May 2015 (2015-05-11)
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byCristián Larroulet
Succeeded byJorge Insunza
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office
11 March 2010 – 11 March 2014
Preceded byJaime Naranjo
Succeeded byManuel Matta Aragay
Constituency11th Circunscription
Personal details
Born (1968-07-05) 5 July 1968
Concepción, Chile
Political partyDemocrats (2022)
Christian Democratic (1982-2022)
SpouseJuan Carlos Latorre (1989–2011)
ChildrenThree
Alma materUniversity of Chile
OccupationLawyer

Between 2005 and 2006 she was intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.[3]

In 2017 was elected Senator in representation of Maule Region. In 2021 was elected President of the Senate of Chile, replacing Yasna Provoste.[4]

In the 2022 Chilean national plebiscite, Rincón supported the option to reject the drafted constitution, despite her party, the Christian Democratic Party, supporting the option to approve.[5] This has led to a split between the party and many of its adherents, including Rincón, whose brother Ricardo, a former DC deputy, is said to be starting a new party reportedly called either the Democratic Party or the Democrats.[6] On 27 October 2022, Rincón resigned from the Christian Democratic Party after 40 years of being a party member.[7]

References
  1. "El socialista Álvaro Elizalde es el nuevo presidente del Senado". La Discusión. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. "Ximena Rincón". gobiernodechile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  3. "Intendentes de Santiago" (in Spanish). Intendencia Región Metropolitana. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. "Senadora Ximena Rincón asumió como Presidenta del Senado - Senado - República de Chile". Senado de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  5. "Figuras emblemáticas del Rechazo como Ximena Rincón pierden influencia en redes a semanas del plebiscito". 18 August 2022.
  6. "[Confidencial] la inscripción del Partido Demócrata y el futuro de Ximena Rincón y Matías Walker | Ex-Ante". 26 September 2022.
  7. https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2022/10/27/senadores-matias-walker-y-ximena-rincon-anuncian-su-renuncia-de-la-democracia-cristiana-y-sostienen-que-vamos-a-converger-con-muchos-para-formar-un-nuevo-partido/
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