Constanza Schönhaut
Constanza Schönhaut | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | 11th District |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | 11th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1989 |
| Party | Social Convergence (2018−) |
| Other political affiliations | Izquierda Autónoma (2011−2016) Autonomist Movement (2016−2018) |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Constituent |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Constanza Gabriela Schönhaut Soto (born 31 January 1989) is a Chilean lawyer and politician.[1][2][3]
A member of the Frente Amplio, she was elected as a member of the Constitutional Convention in 2021, representing the 11th District of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago.[4]
Biography
She was born on 31 January 1989 in Santiago, Chile.[5] She is the daughter of Natalio David Schönhaut Berman and Pamela Alejandra Soto Torres.[5]
Schönhaut completed her primary and secondary education at Colegio San Francisco del Alba in the commune of Las Condes, graduating in 2006.[5]
She pursued higher education at the University of Chile, where she completed a bachelor’s program and later studied law, earning a law degree and qualifying as an attorney.[5]
Political career
Schönhaut was a member of the Social Convergence party.[5]
She is affiliated with the Association of Feminist Lawyers and the Regional Center for Human Rights and Gender Justice, as well as the Corporación Humanas.[5] Between 2018 and 2019, she served as coordinator of the Women to Power (Mujeres al Poder) project.[5]
In the 2017 presidential elections, as a founding member of the Frente Amplio (FA) and Secretary General of the then Autonomist Movement, Schönhaut participated in the campaign team of FA candidate Beatriz Sánchez.[5]
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, Schönhaut ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 11th District of the Metropolitan Region as a member of the Convergence Social Party, within the Apruebo Dignidad electoral pact.[5]
She obtained 21,536 votes, corresponding to 5.60% of the valid votes cast, and was elected as a member of the Convention.[5]
After Chileans rejected the proposed constitution in a plebiscite,[6][7] in October 2022, she assumed the position of political adviser with a focus on regional coordination in the cabinet of the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá.[5][8]
In 2025, she was elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies.[9]
References
- ^ "Constanza Schönhaut: "Con el PS se puede construir un proyecto transformador y con otras fuerzas de la ex Concertación no"". Radio Universidad de Chile. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Constanza Schönhaut, constituyente: "En la medida que hemos puesto los contenidos por sobre las identidades mejor hemos podido avanzar"". Radio Universidad de Chile. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Constanza Schonhaut, constituyente: "Combatir las distintas expresiones de violencia de género en política va a ser clave"". El Mostrador. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Constanza Schönhaut, constituyente D11: "Me imagino un país de derechos sociales garantizados"". Chilevisión. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Constanza Schönhaut Soto". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-04.
- ^ "Plebiscito: Chile rechaza propuesta de nueva Constitución con histórica participación de más de 12 millones de personas". La Tercera. 4 September 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Chile votes overwhelmingly to reject new, progressive constitution". The Guardian. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Gálvez, Mario; Tralma, David (2022-10-04). "A qué llega Constanza Schönhaut a Interior (y el desembarco de ex convencionales en el gobierno)". Ex-Ante (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Distrito 11: derechas mantienen cinco cupos y Schönhaut reemplazará a Tomás Hirsch por el oficialismo". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-04.