Andrea Parra
{{Short description|Chilean nurse and politician}}
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| birth_name = Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|09|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Temuco, Chile
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| occupation = Nurse, politician
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| children = 3
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| education = University of La Frontera
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| party = Party for Democracy
| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
| constituency1 = District 22
| term_start1 = 11 March 2018
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| office2 = Governor of Malleco Province
| term_start2 = 11 March 2014
| term_end2 = 11 November 2016
| president2 = Michelle Bachelet
| predecessor2 = Erich Baumann Frindt
| successor2 = Guillermo Pirce Medina
| office3 = Councilor of Angol
| term_start3 = 11 March 2008
| term_end3 = 11 March 2014
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Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel (born 2 September 1967) is a Chilean nurse and politician of the Party for Democracy (PPD). She has served as councilor of the municipality of Angol, governor of Malleco Province, and in March 2018 became the first woman to represent her region in the Chamber of Deputies for District 22.
Biography
Andrea Parra was born in Temuco on 2 September 1967, the daughter of Víctor Hugo Parra Hormazábal and Irle Olga Sauterel Schilling. She completed her basic and secondary studies at the Liceo Pablo Neruda in Temuco, graduating in 1984. From 1985 to 1990, she studied at the University of La Frontera, obtaining a nursing degree. She worked professionally at Huequén Family Health Center in Malleco Province, La Araucanía Region. She is divorced and has three children.{{Cite web |url=https://biografias.bcn.cl/wiki/Irle_Andrea_Parra_Sauterel |title=Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel |publisher=Library of Congress of Chile |language=Spanish |access-date=2020-05-17}}
Political career
Since 2003, she has been a member of the PPD. Previously, she belonged to the Christian Democratic Party.
In the 2008 municipal elections, she won a seat as councilor for Angol, receiving 913 votes, equivalent to 3.90% of the total.{{Cite web |url=https://reportescomunales.bcn.cl/2011/index.php/Angol/Elecciones |title=Reportes Estadisticos Comunales |trans-title=Communal Statistical Reports |publisher=Library of Congress of Chile |language=Spanish |access-date=2020-05-17}}
On 14 March 2014, during the presidency of Michelle Bachelet, she was appointed governor of Malleco Province. On 10 November 2016, she resigned her position to stand as a candidate for deputy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ufromedios.cl/gobernadora-andrea-parra-sera-candidata-a-diputada-por-malleco/ |title=Gobernadora Andrea Parra será candidata a diputada por Malleco |trans-title=Governor Andrea Parra to be Candidate for Deputy for Malleco |publisher=University of La Frontera |language=Spanish |date=2016-11-09 |access-date=2020-05-17 |archive-date=31 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104510/http://www.ufromedios.cl/gobernadora-andrea-parra-sera-candidata-a-diputada-por-malleco/ |url-status=dead }}
She was successful in the 2017 general election, becoming a member of the Chamber of Deputies for District 22 for the term 2018–2022 as part of the New Majority coalition.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/andrea-parra-diputada-electa-ppd-la-primera-tarea-parlamentario-la-nm-defender-las-politicas-bachelet/61197/ |title=Andrea Parra, diputada electa PPD: 'La primera tarea de cada parlamentario de la NM es defender las políticas de Bachelet' |trans-title=Andrea Parra, PPD Deputy-Elect: 'The First Task of Every MP in the NM is to Defend Bachelet's Policies' |first=Lorena |last=Ferraro |newspaper=La Tercera |language=Spanish |date=2018-02-08 |access-date=2020-05-17}} She received 10,312 votes, corresponding to 9.54% of the total votes cast.{{Cite news |url=https://www.emol.com/especiales/2017/actualidad/nacional/elecciones/resultados.asp#d6022 |title=Resultados Elecciones 2017 |trans-title=2017 Election Results |newspaper=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |access-date=2020-05-17}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.angolnoticias.cl/2017/11/malleco-eligio-a-la-primera-diputada-de-su-historia/ |title=Malleco Eligió A La Primera Diputada De Su Historia |trans-title=Malleco Elects the First Woman Deputy in its History |website=Angolnoticias |language=Spanish |date=2017-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104631/http://www.angolnoticias.cl/2017/11/malleco-eligio-a-la-primera-diputada-de-su-historia/ |archive-date=2018-03-31 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-05-17}}
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Category:Governors of provinces of Chile
Category:Party for Democracy (Chile) politicians
Category:Women governors of provinces of Chile
Category:Women members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Category:University of La Frontera alumni
Category:21st-century Chilean women politicians
Category:Deputies of the LV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile