Ena von Baer

{{Short description|Chilean journalist, political scientist and former senator}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ena von Baer

| image = Ena von Baer.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|11|28}}

| birth_place = Temuco, Chile

| office = Senator of the Republic

| term_start = 10 March 2014

| term_end = 11 March 2022

| predecessor = Carlos Larraín

| successor = María José Gatica

| term_start1 = 2 August 2011

| term_end1 = 11 March 2014

| predecessor1 = Pablo Longueira

| successor1 = Manuel José Ossandón

| office2 = Minister Secretary-General of Government

| term_start2 = 11 March 2010

| term_end2 = 18 July 2011

| predecessor2 = Pilar Armanet

| successor2 = Andrés Chadwick

| party = Independent Democrat Union (UDI)

| spouse = Eduardo Fröhlich

| children = Two

| alma_mater = Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of Aachen, Germany

| occupation = Journalist, Political scientist, Politician

| website = [http://pinera2010.cl/ministerio/secretaria-general-de-gobierno/ Pinera2010.cl]

}}

Ena Anglein von Baer Jahn (born 28 November 1974 in Temuco) is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and former senator.

In December 2009, von Baer lost a very tight race for a seat in the Senate. In March 2010 she became Minister Secretary-General of Government. In July 2011 she was designated senator, replacing Pablo Longueira, who left the senate to become Minister of Economy.

Prior to her work in the government, von Baer was a panelist on a televised political show and worked for the think tank Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo.

Biography

Upon her return to Chile in 2002, von Baer worked as researcher for the political science department at Libertad y Desarrollo, a think tank. She then served as the Academic Director of the School of Government in the Adolfo Ibáñez University, a position which she later abandoned in order to return to LyD as Director of its Social and Political Program. She dedicated her work to research into political systems and electoral studies, and to developing social politics related to poverty and indigenous peoples. She also worked as a legislative advisor, especially in the subject of automatic electoral enrollment and voluntary vote. During the same time, she was a professor at the Faculty of Government at the University for Development and a panelist on a program of Televisión Nacional de Chile, Estado Nacional.{{in lang|es}} Terra [http://www.terra.cl/zonamujer/index.cfm?id_reg=1359573&id_cat=2007 ENA VON BAER: LA OTRA MISS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218001703/http://www.terra.cl/zonamujer/index.cfm?id_reg=1359573&id_cat=2007 |date=18 February 2010 }}

Political career

On 9 February 2010, President Piñera named von Baer as Minister Secretary-General of Government. She took office on 11 March 2010. At the president's request, she resigned in July, 2011. A few days later, she was designated as senator.{{in lang|es}} Radio Universidad de Chile http://radio.uchile.cl/noticias/117020/

In 2011 von Baer was used as an example of someone in the government with family members who have acquired the patents for crops and will benefit from the privatisation of seed.{{cite news|last=Figueroa|first=Pia|title=Von Baer privatises quinoa|url=http://www.pressenza.com/2011/05/von-baer-privatises-quinoa/|access-date=December 27, 2012|newspaper=Pressenza|date=18 May 2011}}

For the 2013 parliamentary election she first intended run as senator for the same district she was representing -Santiago Oriente. However the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) assigned instead Laurence Golborne as their candidate there.{{cite web|url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2013/05/02/596503/von-baer-bajara-su-opcion-en-santiago-oriente-si-golborne-acepta-la-candidatura.html|title=Von Baer y Moreira bajarían su postulación por Santiago Oriente si Golborne acepta competir|work=EMOL|date=May 2, 2013|access-date=January 10, 2015}} Von Baer was however allowed a slot by UDI to run for Circunscripción Nº 16, Los Ríos Region, where she was actually elected. Her campaign was financed by SOQUIMICH{{Cite news|language=Spanish|title=Platas de SQM llegaron a campaña de la senadora Ena von Baer|url=https://www.eldesconcierto.cl/2017/08/04/platas-de-sqm-llegaron-a-campana-de-la-senadora-ena-von-baer/|date=October 4, 2017|access-date=November 20, 2019|work=El Desconcierto}} and was actually the parliament election campaign that spent most money per vote obtained in that election in the whole of Chile.{{Cite book|language=Spanish|title=Los dos Chiles: Controversias del voto voluntario e inscripción automática: los que no votaron y quienes decidieron por ellos|last=Huneeus|first=Pablo|authorlink=Pablo Huneeus|year=2015|publisher=Catalonia}}

Bibliography

{{cite book |last1=Von Baer |first1=Ena |language=de |isbn=3-8364-2618-8 |title=Die Rolle der Vergangenheitsbewältigung im Systemwechsel (Fallbeispiel Chile) |trans-title=The Role of Coming to Terms with the Past in System Change (Case Study Chile) |publisher=Dr. Müller}}