María Candelaria Acevedo
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María Candelaria Acevedo | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 11 March 2026 | |
| Constituency | District 20 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1958 |
| Party | Communist Party (PC) |
| Spouse | José Luis Sepúlveda |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Sebastián Acevedo Elena Sáez |
| Occupation | Activist Politician |
María Candelaria Acevedo Sáez (born 12 September 1958) is a Chilean politician from the Communist Party of Chile. She is the daughter of Sebastián Acevedo, who set himself on fire in November 1983.[1]
She was born in Coronel on 12 September 1958. She is the daughter of Sebastián Acevedo Becerra, a member of the Communist Party of Chile, and Elena del Carmen Sáez Retamal. After her daughter María Candelaria and her son Galo were detained by agents of the Chilean civic–military dictatorship, Sebastián Acevedo set himself on fire in front of the Cathedral of Concepción demanding their immediate release.[2]
Her grandfather Vicente Acevedo Yáñez and his wife Ana Aguilera Botros were members of the Communist Party and victims of political repression during the government of Gabriel González Videla. Ana Aguilera was elected as a councillor of Coronel in the 1947 municipal election, and her grandfather also served as a councillor of Coronel.[2]
She is married to José Luis Sepúlveda Barra and is the mother of one son and one daughter.[2]
She completed the 7th and 8th grades of primary education at Escuela Clorinda Avello in Santa Juana (Concepción Province). She attended secondary education at Liceo A-49 in Coronel and at Liceo de Niñas de Concepción, completing her studies at the FUNDAC Adult Education Center in Concepción. At the time of her detention, she was studying accounting.[2]
In her working life, she has carried out various occupations, including unpaid care work.[2]