Martita Worner
Martita Worner | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Claudio Huepe |
| Constituency | 46th District |
| Undersecretary of Justice | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 1 July 1993 | |
| President | Patricio Aylwin |
| Preceded by | Hernán Novoa |
| Succeeded by | Marcos Sánchez Carvajal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1947 |
| Political party | Party for Democracy (PPD) |
| Children | Two |
| Parents | Carlos Worner Dora Tapia |
| Education | University of Concepción (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Martita Elvira Worner Tapia (born 18 January 1947) is a Chilean politician who served as a deputy in district 46 in the Biobío Region from 1994 to 1998. She worked as a human rights lawyer during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[1][2]
Biography
She was born on 18 January 1947 in Curacautín, the daughter of Carlos Wörner and Dora Tapia.[3] She has two children.[3]
She completed her primary and secondary education at the public school of Curacautín and at Colegio Santa Elena of the same city.[3] Her family later moved to Concepción, where she attended the Instituto Comercial and qualified as an accountant.[3] She subsequently studied Law at the University of Concepción and was admitted as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Chile on 27 October 1975.[3]
She began working in 1971, while in her fourth year of Law, at a private bank as executive secretary.[3] In 1977, she resigned to join the Vicariate of Solidarity, which in Concepción operated through the Social Service of the Archdiocese, where she worked until March 1990.[3] She devoted herself to the Human Rights Pastoral of the Archdiocese of Concepción and Arauco, becoming its Executive Director.[3]
Political career
She created and promoted a civic education program during the 1988 plebiscite.[3] She later presided over the campaign command for the “No” option and subsequently over the professionals’ command supporting the presidential candidacy of Patricio Aylwin.[3]
After the plebiscite, she joined the Party for Democracy.[3] On 11 March 1990, she was appointed Undersecretary of Justice in the government of President Patricio Aylwin, serving until 1 July 1993.[3]
After resigning from that position on 1 July 1993, she ran for the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 46, Biobío Region.[3] In the parliamentary elections held on 11 December 1993, she obtained the highest district majority with 39,059 votes (41.45% of valid votes).[3]
After not being elected in the 1997 parliamentary elections, she settled in Ancud, where she has served as Notary and Conservator since 26 March 1999.[3]
References
- ↑ Rickard, Stephen A.; Brown, Cynthia G.; Stepan, Alfred C. (1988). Chile: Human Rights and the Plebiscite. Human Rights Watch. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-938579-64-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Monsálvez Araneda, Danny; Pagola Contreras, León (April 2016). "Un espacio de resguardo y resistencia no violenta bajo la dictadura cívico-militar: El Boletín de Derechos Humanos de la Pastoral de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de la Santísima Concepción (1986-1989)". Polis (Santiago). 15 (43): 331–353. doi:10.4067/S0718-65682016000100016. ISSN 0718-6568.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 "Martita Elvira Worner Tapia". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in español). Retrieved 20 February 2026.
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