Marcela Hernando

{{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|date=April 2023}}{{Short description|Chilean politician (born 1960)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Marcela Hernando

| image = Marcela_Hernando_Pérez.jpg

| caption = Hernando in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1960|2|12}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| office = Minister of Mining

| president = Gabriel Boric

| term_start = 11 March 2022

| term_end =

| predecessor = Juan Carlos Jobet

| successor = Aurora Williams

| office1 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

| term_start1 = 11 March 2018

| term_end1 = 11 March 2022

| constituency1 = 3rd District (Antofagasta, Calama, María Elena, Mejillones, Ollagüe, San Pedro de Atacama, Sierra Gorda, Taltal and Tocopilla)

| predecessor1 = Creation of the District

| successor1 =

| term_start2 = 11 March 2014

| term_end2 = 11 March 2018

| constituency2 = 4th District (Antofagasta, Mejillones, Sierra Gorda and Taltal)

| predecessor2 = Pedro Araya Guerrero

| successor2 = Dissolution of the district

| office3 = Mayor of Antofagasta

| term_start3 = 6 December 2008

| term_end3 = 6 December 2012

| predecessor3 = Gonzalo Dantagnan Vergara

| successor3 = Jaime Araya Guerrero

| office4 = Intendant of the Antofagasta Region

| president4 = Michelle Bachelet

| term_start4 = 11 March 2006

| term_end4 = 19 December 2007

| predecessor4 = Jorge Molina Cárcamo

| successor4 = Cristián Rodríguez Salas

| office5 = Regional Ministerial Secretary of Health of the Antofagasta Region

| president5 = Ricardo Lagos

| term_start5 = March 2005

| term_end5 = June 2005

| party = {{Unbulleted list|Party for Democracy
(1987−2008)|Independent
(2008−2012)|Radical Social Democratic Party
(2013−2018)|Radical Party
(2018−present)}}

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|University of Chile
(BA in Medicine)|University of Paris
(MA in Public Health)|Catholic University of the North
(PgD in Business Administration)|University of Barcelona
(MA in Marketing||Adolfo Ibáñez University
(MA in Management and Public Policies)}}

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Physician
Public Administrator
Business administrator

| parents =

| footnotes =

| termend = August 16, 2023

}}

Marcela Ximena Hernando Pérez (born 12 February 1960) is a Chilean politician and physician who served as Minister of Mining from March 11, 2022 to August 16, 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/quien-es-marcela-hernando-la-nueva-ministra-de-mineria-de-gabriel-boric/L6BLSQMDOZE7NNOYK6BYNVZ7II/|title=Quién es Marcela Hernando, la nueva ministra de Minería de Gabriel Boric|publisher=La Tercera|date=21 January 2022|accessdate=11 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pauta.cl/politica/marcela-hernando-politica-de-antofagasta-asume-como-ministra-de-mineria|title=Marcela Hernando, política de Antofagasta, asume como ministra de Minería|publisher=Radio Pauta|date=21 January 2022|accessdate=11 March 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Ningthoujam |first=Natalia |date=2023-08-17 |title=Chile's President Reorganizes Cabinet For 3rd Time Amid Low Approval Rating |url=https://www.latintimes.com/chiles-president-reorganizes-cabinet-3rd-time-amid-low-approval-rating-545865 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Latin Times |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-08-16 |title=Chile's President Shakes Up Cabinet Amid Corruption Probe and Low Approval Rating |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-16/chile-gabriel-boric-shuffles-cabinet-amid-graft-probe |access-date=2023-08-23}}