Emilia Schneider
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Emilia Schneider | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2022 | |
| Constituency | District 10 |
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| Born | 23 October 1996 |
| Party | Commons Social Convergence |
| Alma mater | University of Chile (LL.B) |
Emilia Schneider (born 23 October 1996) is a Chilean activist, and politician. In the 2021 Chilean general election, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile with the left-wing Commons party. She is the first openly transgender person to be elected to the Chamber of Deputies.[1][2][3]
She was born in Santiago on 23 October 1996. She is the daughter of René Schneider Fernández and Paula Videla Bravo, and the great-granddaughter of René Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army between 1969 and 1970.[4]
She completed her primary and secondary education at the Colegio Latinoamericano de Integración, finishing in 2014. Schneider later enrolled in the Law program at the University of Chile, from which she graduated in 2024.[4]