María Elena Carrera
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María Elena Carrera | |
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| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Foxley |
| Constituency | 8th Circunscription |
| In office 15 May 1969 – 21 September 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle |
| Succeeded by | 1973 military coup |
| Constituency | 5th Provincial Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1929 |
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| Spouse | Salomón Corbalán (1998−2017) |
| Children | Three |
| Parent(s) | Luis Carrera Smith Inés Villavicencio |
| Relatives | José Miguel Carrera (great-great-grandfather)[1] |
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| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (born 2 January 1929) is a Chilean physician and politician who served as a member of the Senate of Chile.
Family and youth
She was born in Santiago on 2 January 1929. She was the daughter of Luis Carrera Smith and Inés Villavicencio Arancibia; her father worked as an official at the Ministry of Public Works. She came from a historically influential family, being a great-great-granddaughter of General José Miguel Carrera and a great-niece of Captain Ignacio Carrera Pinto, a hero of the Battle of La Concepción.[2]
She married former senator Salomón Corbalán, who served twice as Secretary General of the Socialist Party of Chile. They had three children: Patricio, Alejandra, and Andrés.[2]
Professional career
She completed her primary education at Liceo de Niñas No. 1 in Santiago and her secondary studies at the Girls’ High Schools of Concepción and Osorno. She studied Medicine at the University of Concepción, where she was taught by Edgardo Enríquez Frödden. She completed her final clinical years at Hospital del Salvador and at the University of Chile in Santiago. Her medical thesis addressed the “Causes of Prematurity,” and she obtained her degree as a physician and surgeon on 23 November 1955.[2]
After graduating, she worked as a pediatrician at the Child Psychiatry Clinic of the University of Chile, at Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, and at Sanatorio Pedro Aguirre Cerda between 1958 and 1964. She later specialized in neuropsychiatry, working at San Juan de Dios Hospital and Félix Bulnes Hospital between 1964 and 1967.[2]
During her professional career, she published academic studies such as “Some Causes of Prematurity” (1957) and “A Study on Enuresis” (1960). She served as a physician within the National Health Service and participated in the Chilean Pediatric Academy.[2]