Paula Narváez

Paula Narváez Ojeda (born 22 May 1972) is a Chilean psychologist and politician of the Socialist Party. She served as Minister Secretary General of Government during the second administration of Michelle Bachelet.

Paula Narváez
Minister Secretary General of Government
In office
18 November 2016 – 11 March 2018
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byMarcelo Díaz Díaz
Succeeded byCecilia Pérez
Chief of Staff of La Moneda Palace
In office
11 March 2014 – July 2014
PresidentMichelle Bachelet
Preceded byMagdalena Piñera Echenique
Succeeded byAna Lya Uriarte
Personal details
Born
Paula Narváez Ojeda

(1972-05-22) 22 May 1972
Osorno, Chile
Political partySocialist
Spouse(s)Javier Rico
Children2
Education
OccupationPsychologist, politician

Biography

Paula Narváez was born in Osorno on 22 May 1972, and spent her childhood and youth in Puerto Montt. Her basic and secondary education took place at the Immaculate Conception school in that city. Later she traveled to Santiago, where she studied psychology at Andrés Bello University, graduating in 1996.[1] She has a master's degree in Economics and Regional Management from Austral University and a master's in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University.[2]

Political career

Narváez entered public administration in Los Lagos Region, where she worked in the National Women's Service (SERNAM) and was regional secretary of labor. In the first government of Michelle Bachelet, she served as regional programming manager.[3] In June 2008, she was designated by Bachelet as presidential delegate for Palena Province, on the occasion of the eruption of the volcano Chaitén that began in May of that year.[4] She remained in the position until 5 May 2009.[5]

Narváez taking her oath as minister in 2016

In October 2009, she became lead spokesperson of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, presidential candidate for the Concertación.[3] In 2010 she traveled to India to study English, and upon her return to Chile that September, she worked at the Dialoga Foundation. In 2011 she emigrated to the United States to pursue a master's degree and to do an internship at UN Women – while Michelle Bachelet was executive director – where she was a program advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean.[3]

She returned to Chile in 2014, when she was appointed chief of staff of Bachelet's second government, beginning on 11 March. She remained in office until July 2014, leaving due to her twin pregnancy and being replaced by Ana Lya Uriarte.[6] On 18 November 2016, she was appointed by Bachelet as Minister Secretary General of Government, replacing Marcelo Díaz. She left office on 11 March 2018, at the end of the Bachelet government.[2]

Since 17 September 2018 she has been a specialist advisor on political participation of women in Latin America and the Caribbean for UN Women.[7][8]

Personal life

Paula Narváez is married to Javier Rico, with whom she has twin daughters. She regularly attends the Hindu Temple of Santiago, directed by the Brahmin priest Mahraj Ravi Kewlani.[9]

References
  1. "Paula Narváez" (in Spanish). Andrés Bello National University. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. Peña, J. (18 November 2016). "Paula Narváez, la ex asesora de Bachelet en ONU Mujeres que llega al comité político" [Paula Narváez, Bachelet's Former Advisor to UN Women Who Joins the Political Committee]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. "Paula Narváez será la próxima Jefa de Gabinete de Michelle Bachelet" [Paula Narváez to Be Michelle Bachelet's Next Chief of Staff]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). 26 February 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. "Decreto número 608" [Decree Number 608] (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior of Chile. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Library of Congress of Chile.
  5. "Decreto número 361" [Decree Number 361] (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior of Chile. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2020 – via Library of Congress of Chile.
  6. "Ana Lya Uriarte, la nueva jefa de gabinete de Bachelet" [Ana Lya Uriarte, Bachelet's New Chief of Staff]. Qué Pasa (in Spanish). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. "Exministra Narváez deja Chile por tiempo indefinido" [Ex-Minister Narváez Leaves Chile for Indefinite Time]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 4 August 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. Osses, Bárbara (5 September 2018). "Ex ministra Paula Narváez deja Chile para asumir cargo en ONU Mujeres" [Ex-Minister Paula Narváez Leaves Chile to Take Office at UN Women]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. Riquelme, Ximena (4 April 2017). "Paula Narváez no pierde la calma" [Paula Narváez Does Not Lose Her Cool]. La Tercera Paula (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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