Marta Bravo
Chilean politician
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Marta Pilar Bravo Salinas (born 25 February 1976) is a Chilean politician who serves as deputy.[1][2][3][4]
Marta Bravo | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | District 19 |
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| Born | 25 February 1976 |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Kinesiologist |
Early life and education
She was born in Chillán on 25 February 1976. She is the daughter of Luis Máximo Bravo Morales and Margarita del Pilar Salinas González.[5]
She completed her primary education at José María Caro Rodríguez School and her secondary education at Liceo A-6 Marta Brunet, both located in the commune of Chillán.[5]
She is a physical therapist (Kinesiologist) and holds a degree in Kinesiology from the Universidad Católica del Maule, as well as a medical degree as a General Practitioner and Doctor of Medicine from Charles University, Czech Republic. She validated her medical degree in 2010 at the University of Concepción.[5]
She completed a master's degree in Public Health Management and a diploma in Management of Public and Private Health Organizations at the University of the Andes, as well as training courses in Quality Management Systems ISO 9001:2015.[5]
She also completed a research fellowship as a visiting researcher in the Division of Pediatric Interventional Radiology at Boston Children's Hospital, under the supervision of the Department of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.[5]
Professional and political career
She has worked as a primary care physician in the communes of San Ignacio and Coihueco.[5]
In 2015, she assumed the position of Medical Comptroller at COMPIN for the former Province of Ñuble (now the Ñuble Region), and in April 2017 she became President of that institution.[5]
She is a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). She served as provincial delegate of the Regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Health of the Biobío Region, and later as ministerial health delegate in Ñuble. In this role, she led the establishment and operational implementation of the Regional Secretariat of Health in the newly created region, before assuming office as the first Regional Secretary of Health of the Ñuble Region on 6 September 2018.[5]
She served as Regional Secretary of Health until August 2021.[5]
After resigning from that position, on 23 August 2021 she registered her candidacy for the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, representing the UDI within the Chile Vamos coalition, for the 19th District of the Ñuble Region, which comprises the communes of Bulnes, Chillán, Chillán Viejo, Cobquecura, Coelemu, Coihueco, El Carmen, Ninhue, Ñiquén, Pemuco, Pinto, Portezuelo, Quillón, Quirihue, Ránquil, San Carlos, San Fabián, San Ignacio, San Nicolás, Treguaco and Yungay.[5]
In the parliamentary elections held on 21 November 2021, she was elected with 11,186 votes, corresponding to 6.65% of the total valid votes cast.[5]
She ran for re-election in the same district in the parliamentary elections of 16 November 2025, representing the UDI within the Chile Grande y Unido pact. She was not elected, obtaining 18,999 votes, equivalent to 5.76% of the total votes cast.[5]