Carla Amtmann

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Carla Amtmann

| image = Carla_Amtmann_en_el_centro_de_Valdivia_(cropped).jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|7|27}}

| birth_place = Valdivia, Chile

| office1 = Mayor of Valdivia

| term_start1 = 28 July 2021

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Omar Sabat

| successor1 =

| office2 = President of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Students Federation

| term_start2 = 2009

| term_end2 = 2010

| predecessor2 = Mauricio Araneda

| successor2 = Jorge Sharp

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (BA)|Alberto Hurtado University (MA)|Fordham University{{Cite web|url=https://fen.uahurtado.cl/2021/noticias/carla-amtmann-edil-de-valdivia-las-y-los-alcaldes-tenemos-que-mirar-cuales-son-los-espacios-de-oportunidades-para-disenar-politicas-publicas-pertinentes-con-nuestro-territorio/|title=Carla Amtmann, edil de Valdivia: "Las y los alcaldes tenemos que mirar cuáles son los espacios de oportunidades para diseñar políticas públicas pertinentes con nuestro territorio"|publisher=Alberto Hurtado University|date=23 August 2021|accessdate=1 January 2022}} (PhD)}}

| party = Democratic Revolution

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Historian
Economist

| footnotes =

}}

Carla Andrea Amtmann Fecci (born 27 July 1987) is a Chilean politician. She is the current mayor of Valdivia and also was president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Students Federation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/yo-decidi-perder-el-ano-academico-por-carla-amtmann.html|title=Yo decidí perder el año académico por Carla Amtmann|publisher=Le Monde Diplomatique|date=10 August 2011|accessdate=5 December 2021}}

Early life

Born in Valdivia, Amtmann is the daughter of the scholar Ester Aurora Fecci Pérez and of Carlos Alberto Amtmann Moyano, also a scholar and former head of the Austral University of Chile. She finished her secondary education at Colegio Domus-Mater de Valdivia.

In 2012, Amtmann finished her BA and became a Professor of History, Geography, and Social Sciences at her alma mater Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV). Similarly, she has a master in Applied Economics in Public Policy at the Alberto Hurtado University as well as an International Policy and Economic Development at the Fordham University.

Political career

From 2008 to 2009, Amtmann was president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Students Federation.

In the 2017 Chilean general election, she ran for a seat in the deputy for the 24th District. Nevertheless, she wasn't elected.

Four years later, in the 2021 Chilean municipal elections, she ran for mayor of the Valdivia municipality. In the elections, she obtained 49% of the votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.noticiaslosrios.cl/2021/05/17/valdivia-tiene-nueva-alcaldesa-carla-amtmann-supero-ampliamente-a-los-demas-candidatos/|title=Valdivia tiene nueva alcaldesa: Carla Amtmann superó ampliamente a los demás candidatos|publisher=Noticias Los Ríos|date=17 May 2021|accessdate=1 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariofutrono.cl/noticia/politica/2021/06/este-lunes-asume-carla-amtmann-primera-alcaldesa-en-la-historia-de-valdivia|title=Este lunes asume Carla Amtmann, primera alcaldesa en la historia de Valdivia|publisher=Diario de Futrono|date=28 July 2021|accessdate=1 January 2022}}