Mónica Zalaquett

Mónica Beatriz Zalaquett Said (born May 4, 1962 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean business and political communicator.

Between 2010 and 2014 she was a deputy of the district N ° 20 by the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).

Between 2020 and 2022, she served as Minister of Women and Gender Equity under the second government of Sebastián Piñera, replacing Macarena Santelices.

Education
She has degrees in journalism studies from the Bolivian Catholic University and political science from Universidad de Los Andes and Universidad del Desarrollo. She also has a Diploma in Management for Political Campaign from the American University of the United States.

Political career
She has been a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) since 2000. That same year, she worked in the campaign of Pablo Zalaquett, who was elected mayor of the Municipality of Florida and in 2005 was part of the command of Pablo Longueira, who was elected senator for Santiago Oriente.

Personal life
She is the daughter of the Chilean with Lebanese descent Antonio Zalaquett and the Peruvian of Palestinian descent Beatriz Said. Her brother is the former mayor of Santiago, Pablo Zalaquett.

She is married to Bolivian businessman Dieter Garafulic and is the mother of four children: Nicole, Diego, Tomás and Matías.