1. Yasna Provoste Campillay was born on 16 December 1969 and is a Chilean teacher and Christian Democrat politician of Diaguita descent who served as a minister during the presidencies of Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet.
13 Facts About Yasna Provoste
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In 2008, following the fraudulent activities of civil servant Franka Grez, Provoste faced questioning from parliamentarians of the then-center-right opposition, Alianza por Chile.
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However, Yasna Provoste resigned from this position in August 2021 to concentrate on her presidential candidacy for Chile, which she lost in the first round.
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Yasna Provoste was born in Vallenar in northern Chile to a family of Diaguita descent.
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Yasna Provoste majored in physical education at the Playa Ancha University of Educational Sciences in Valparaiso.
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Yasna Provoste pursued postgraduate studies in education administration at the same university, and in local government and decentralization in Colombia.
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Shortly after her impeachment Yasna Provoste moved to Canada to study.
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In November 2013, Yasna Provoste was elected as a deputy in Chile's lower chamber of Congress, representing District 6 of the Atacama Region in northern Chile.
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On 17 March 2021, Yasna Provoste became President of the Senate of Chile following the resignation of Adriana Munoz.
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On 23 July 2021, Yasna Provoste announced her candidacy for the Presidency of Chile in Vallenar, her hometown.
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On 31 July, during a visit that Yasna Provoste made to a vegetable fair in Puente Alto, she was confronted by activists who made references to her impeachment in 2008.
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Yasna Provoste won her coalition's primaries on 21 August 2021 and resigned from the Senate presidency on 24 August as a result.
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On 21 November 2021, Yasna Provoste lost the election, finishing in fifth place with 815,558 votes.