Karla Rubilar
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Karla Rubilar | |
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 Official portrait of Karla Rubilar | |
| Minister of Social Development and Family | |
| In office 28 July 2020 – 11 March 2022 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Cristián Monckeberg |
| Succeeded by | Jeannette Vega |
| Minister General Secretariat of Government | |
| In office 28 October 2019 – 28 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Pérez |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Bellolio |
| Intendant of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 28 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Claudio Orrego |
| Succeeded by | Felipe Guevara |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Pablo Longueira |
| Succeeded by | District dissolved |
| Constituency | 17th District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 April 1977 |
| Party | Renovación Nacional (2004–2014) Amplitude (2014–2015) Independent close to centre-right (2015–) |
| Spouse(s) | Rubén Malvoa (2009–2018) Christian Pino (2019–)[1] |
| Children | Four |
| Parent(s) | Patricio Rubilar Vicky Barahona |
| Alma mater | University of Santiago de Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
Karla Elizabeth Rubilar Barahona[2] (born 17 April 1977) is a Chilean physician and politician. During the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022), she has been a minister twice.[3][4][5]
She is a member of the Chilean Medical College.[6]
She was born on 17 April 1977, in Santiago, Chile.[7] She is the daughter of Patricio Rubilar and Vicky Barahona, who served as mayor of Renca for four consecutive terms (2000–2016).[7]
She was married to Rubén Malvoa, former mayor of Conchalí (2008–2012), and is the mother of four children: Patricio Cadis Rubilar, Laura Malvoa Rubilar, Karla Malvoa Rubilar, and Rubén Malvoa Rubilar.[7]
Professional career
She completed her primary education at Colegio Isabel La Católica Madres Escolapias and her secondary education at Colegio de La Salle in La Reina.[7] She studied medicine at the University of Santiago, where she obtained the degree of Surgeon (M.D.). She later specialized in Primary Health Care and earned a master's degree in Public Health with a mention in Health Economics at the University of Chile.[7]
As a healthcare professional, she worked in various primary care centers and institutions. In 1998 she served in a SAPU (Primary Emergency Care Service) shift at Consultorio Aníbal Ariztía, and the following year worked in outpatient care at the same center.[7]
In 2000 she worked as a technical assistant in internal medicine residency shifts at the Military Hospital. In 2001 she performed voluntary shifts in the Maternal Emergency Unit and in the Surgical Sterilization Polyclinic at Hospital El Pino, and also served as a technical assistant in the SAPU shift in Renca.[7]
The following year she carried out an ad honorem advisory role in the Health Directorate of the Municipal Corporation of Renca and worked as an instructor for first-year medical students at Andrés Bello National University (UNAB).[7]
Between 2003 and 2004 she taught Public Health at Universidad Tecnológica de Chile (INACAP) and advised telemedicine projects at Tecmedica S.A. From October 2003 to September 2005 she served as advisor to the Health Directorate in the validation process of Family Health Centers of the Municipality of Recoleta.[7]
In 2005 she carried out an advisory role in health promotion in schools of the Municipality of Vitacura.[7]
