Chilean politician (born 1972)
Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević (born 20 December 1972) is a Chilean politician who served as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC) from 2016 to 2017.
She is a former Senator and former deputy for Magallanes, which includes the communities of Rio Verde, Laguna Blanca, Cape Horn, Porvenir, Primavera, Punta Arenas, San Gregorio, Timaukel and Torres del Paine. She was the PDC's nominee for president of Chile in 2017.
Political career.
She entered the Catholic University of Chile, where graduated as a social worker. Then she obtained magister degree in economics at the Catholic University of Chile.
She is married to Christian Kirk Miranda, a marine biologist by profession and photographer, and served as director of the National Tourism Service (Sernatur) in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region. She is the mother of two daughters: Catalina and Alejandra.
Carolina Goic was elected president of the Christian Democratic Party in April 2016, following the resignation of Jorge Pizarro.
On 11 March 2017 Carolina Goic was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as presidential candidate in the Chilean general election. On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years. On 11 May 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Electoral Service of Chile ("Servel"). She obtained 5.88% of the vote, the worst result for a Christian Democrat running for president in a general election in Chilean history, and subsequently resigned as president in November 2017, being replaced by Myriam Verdugo.
Goic is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.
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