Nancy Márquez
Nancy Márquez | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Constitutional Council | |
| In office 7 June 2023 – 7 November 2023 | |
| Constituency | Los Lagos Region |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 February 1980 |
| Party | Social Convergence (CS)[1] |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Anthropologist |
Nancy Márquez González (born 15 February 1980) is a Chilean politician who served in the Constitutional Council.[2][3]
Márquez has professional experience in community-based work using participatory methodologies, the implementation of social programs, work with indigenous communities and children, and cultural management.[4]
She has participated as a co-author in two books: My Friend Chilihueque and Other Indigenous Stories of the Chiloé Archipelago and The Smoke Houses: The Indigenous Past of Queilen in the Voices of Present-Day Communities.[4]
Biography
Family and early life
Nancy Márquez González was born in Ancud on 15 February 1980.[4] She is the daughter of Hilda Nancy González Saldivia and Manuel Hugo Márquez Rojas.[4]
Professional career
In 1989, she began her primary education at the rural school of Lliuco.[4] In 1993, she enrolled at the Colegio Seminario Conciliar de Ancud, where she continued her primary education and later completed her secondary education.[4]
In 2003, she obtained a degree in Sociocultural Anthropology from the Temuco Catholic University.[4] She is currently a fourth-semester student in the master’s program in Government, Public Policy, and Territory at the Alberto Hurtado University.[4]
Political career
She has been a member of Convergencia Social since 2021.[4]
In 2021, she ran as a candidate for the Regional Council of Los Lagos representing the Province of Chiloé, competing as an independent candidate within the Chile Digno electoral pact.[4] She obtained 1,831 votes, equivalent to 3.42% of the valid votes cast, and, although she was the top vote-getter on her party list, she was not elected.[4]
In October 2022, she achieved the highest vote share on the most-voted list in her party’s internal elections to form the Regional Directorate, becoming regional president of Convergencia Social in the Los Lagos Region.[4]
In the elections held on 7 May 2023, Márquez ran as a candidate for the Constitutional Court representing the 13th electoral district of the Los Lagos Region, as a member of Convergencia Social within the Unidad para Chile electoral pact.[4] According to the Electoral Qualification Court (TRICEL), she was elected with 36,127 votes.[4]
References
- ^ "Quién es Nancy Márquez, la consejera de CS por Los Lagos". Lupa Constitucional. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Consejera Nancy Márquez: Tenemos que construir una Constitución habilitante". Diario Financiero. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Encuentran a consejera constitucional Nancy Márquez: estaba desaparecida en Santiago". El Mostrador. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Biographical profile". Library of the National Congress of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2026.