Carolina Goić | |
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President of the Christian Democratic Party | |
In office 2 April 2016 – 20 November 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jorge Pizarro |
Succeeded by | Myriam Verdugo |
Constituency | Magallanes Region |
Member of the Senate of Chile | |
In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Pedro Muñoz Aburto |
Succeeded by | Dissolution of the Circumscription |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2014 | |
Preceded by | Pedro Muñoz Aburto |
Succeeded by | Juan Morano Cornejo |
Constituency | Magallanes Region (60th District) |
Personal details | |
Born | Puerto Natales, Chile | 20 December 1972
Spouse | Christian Kirk Miranda |
Children | Two |
Relatives | Alejandro Goic Karmelic |
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Social worker |
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. [1] She was the PDC's nominee for president of Chile in 2017.
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. [2]
On 11 March 2017 Carolina Goic was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as presidential candidate in the Chilean general election. [3] On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years. [4] On 11 May 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Electoral Service of Chile ("Servel"). [5] 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, [6] being replaced by Myriam Verdugo. [7]
Goic is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.