In Chile, the year 2023 begins on a feminist note. Irina Karamanos, companion of Chilean President Gabriel Boric, officially announced on Thursday, Dec. 29, that she was stepping down as first lady. Leaving the Moneda, the presidential palace, you close the office of the Sociocultural Coordination that you headed, a position traditionally assigned by the heads of state to their comrades. The 6 foundations of which she was president will now be managed by people appointed by the ministers concerned.
“Changing the look of a presidential couple”
Elected December 19, 2021, the new Chilean head of state had promised to abolish the status of first lady during his election campaign. After a few weeks of reflection, his wife had finally agreed to take on this role, while explaining that she wanted to reform it. Now it’s done. “This is a step that makes us proud, because it allows us to change the way we look at a presidential couple or the stereotypes culturally linked to this role of first lady”Irina Karamanos told the Chilean newspaper The Tercera.
Anthropologist and researcher, the 33-year-old young woman is also the head of the Feminist Front of Convergencia Social, her partner’s political party. Activities that you intend to be able to resume full-time. “I will intensify my activism within the party and also develop professionally in my field”he said of his future.
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