Pauline Kantor
{{Short description|Chilean journalist and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pauline Kantor
| image = PAULINE_KANTOR.jpg
| caption = Official portrait (2018)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|4|10}}
| birth_place = Santiago, Chile
| office = Minister of Sports
| term_start = 11 March 2018
| term_end = 28 October 2019
| predecessor = Pablo Squella{{Cite web|title=Pauline Kantor, la periodista que es nueva ministra del Deporte y que encabezó el programa "Elige Vivir Sano"|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2018/01/23/892299/Pauline-Kantor-la-nueva-ministra-del-Deporte-que-encabezo-el-programa-Elige-Vivir-Sano.html|publisher=Emol|date=23 January 2020|accessdate=20 June 2021}}
| successor = Cecilia Pérez
| president = Sebastián Piñera
| party = Evópoli
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (BA)|Columbia University (MA){{Cite web|title=Ella es Pauline Kantor, la nueva Ministra del Deporte|url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2018/01/23/masdeporte/1516714008_022574.html|publisher=AS|date=23 January 2018|accessdate=20 July 2021}}}}
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Journalist
| parents =
| spouse = Agustín Salas
| children = Five (Benjamín Salas Kantor, otros)
| relatives =
| footnotes =
}}
María Paulina Milada Kantor Pupkin{{Cite web|title=El abultado patrimonio financiero de la ministra del Deporte y la pasión golfista de Walker|url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/abultado-patrimonio-financiero-la-ministra-del-deporte-la-pasion-golfista-walker/130117/|publisher=La Tercera|date=11 April 2018|accessdate=20 July 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Manifiesto: Pauline Kantor, ministra del Deporte: "Para el plebiscito voté por el No, pese a que mis papás eran de derecha"|url=https://www.latercera.com/reportajes/noticia/manifiesto-pauline-kantor-ministra-del-deporte/189704/|publisher=La Tercera|date=2 June 2018|accessdate=20 July 2021}} (born 10 April 1964) is a Chilean politician and journalist, militant from Political Evolution (Evópoli/EVOP).
Sports career
Kantor was an alpine skier who became national champion in 1976 and 1978 and was a member of the Chile national team from 1979 to 1982.{{cite web |title=¿Quién es Pauline Kantor?, flamante nueva Ministra del Deporte |url=https://cartaabierta.cl/quien-es-pauline-kantor-flamante-nueva-ministra-del-deporte/ |website=Carta Abierta |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=es |date=23 January 2018}}
Professional career
Kantor worked as a journalist for Canal 13, as well as for the magazines Caras and El Sábado. She has also served as managing partner at several strategic communications consulting firms, including Factor C, KO2, and Grupo Etcheberry.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-20 |title=Pauline Kantor, la primera mujer presidenta del Directorio de Dimacofi |url=https://www.dimacofi.cl/somosdimacofi/pauline-kantor-la-primera-mujer-presidenta-del-directorio-de-dimacofi/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=dimacofi.cl |language=es}}
In August 2020, she became the first woman to chair the board of Dimacofi, a Chilean company specializing in document printing services.
Political career
During the first administration of Sebastián Piñera, Kantor served as executive secretary of the Chilean government's Bicentennial Commission in 2010. From 2011 to 2014, she led the public health initiative Elige Vivir Sano ("Choose to Live Healthy").{{Cite web |date=2018-01-23 |title=Pauline Kantor, la periodista que es nueva ministra del Deporte y que encabezó el programa "Elige Vivir Sano" |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2018/01/23/892299/Pauline-Kantor-la-nueva-ministra-del-Deporte-que-encabezo-el-programa-Elige-Vivir-Sano.html |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Emol |language=Spanish}}
In January 2018, she was appointed Minister of Sports in Piñera’s second administration, officially taking office on 11 March 2018. She left the position on 28 October 2019 as part of a cabinet reshuffle amid the mass protests against the government.{{Cite web |last=Lara |first=Jeser |date=2019-10-29 |title=Los motivos por los cuales Pauline Kantor salió del Ministerio del Deporte |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/mas-deportes/2019/10/29/los-motivos-por-los-cuales-pauline-kantor-salio-del-ministerio-del-deporte.shtml |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile |language=es}}
In November 2020, Kantor announced her candidacy for the Constitutional Convention as part of the Evópoli list, representing District 11, which includes the municipalities of Vitacura, Las Condes, Lo Barnechea, La Reina, and Peñalolén. She was not elected.{{Cite web |last=Orellana |first=Pía |date=2021-03-25 |title=En cuatro preguntas: Pauline Kantor, candidata Distrito 11 |url=http://ellibero.cl/actualidad/en-cuatro-preguntas-pauline-kantor-candidata-distrito-11/ |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=El Líbero |language=es}}
Personal life
She is of Jewish descent.
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|kantor_pauline}}
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Category:Chilean people of Jewish descent
Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni
Category:School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
Category:21st-century Chilean women politicians
Category:Women government ministers of Chile
Category:Ministers of sport of Chile
Category:Chilean female alpine skiers
Category:Chilean sportsperson-politicians
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