Karol Cariola
| Karol Aída Cariola Oliva | |
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Karol Cariola in 2013.
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Independencia and Recoleta district | |
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Assumed office 11 March 2014 |
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| General Secretary of the Communist Youth of Chile | |
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Assumed office November 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Oscar Aroca |
| President of the University of Concepción Student Federation | |
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In office 2010–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jose Piña |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Petersen |
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| Born |
April 1, 1987 Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Political party |
Communist Youth of Chile New Majority (Chile) |
| Alma mater | University of Concepción |
| Occupation | Health care provider, Political leader |
| Profession | Midwifery |
| Website | JJ.CC. |
Karol Aída Cariola Oliva (born April 1, 1987) is a Chilean midwife, and former president of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Concepción (University of Concepción Student Federation) for 2010. She was elected General Secretary of the Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, abbr. JJ.CC., (the youth wing of the Communist Party of Chile) at the organizations XIII Congress held in October 2011. Cariola is the second woman to hold this post in the Communist Youth of Chile after the late communist leader Gladys Marin (1941-2005).
On August the 4th, 2013 Cariola emerged as the leading congressional candidate in the New Majority coalition's primary elections for the electoral district of Recoleta and Independencia. Subsequently, during the Chilean general election held on November 17, 2013 she won 38.47% of the votes and became the deputy-elect for the 19th electoral Santiago district of Recoleta and Independencia. She commenced to serve a four-year term in the Chilean Congress on 11 March 2014.
Cariola was elected General Secretary of the JJ.CC. amidst one of the most significant mass social mobilization in recent Chilean history – referred by the media as the Chilean Winter. This mobilization saw students across Chile refuse to return to school or university, from April 2011 to the end of the academic year, in protest and to demand an end to the privatization of education. Cariola has stated that the student mobilization, protests and strikes had a political nature and she refuted the statement made by the Chilean government spokesperson Andrés Chadwick that the CONFECH (Chile’s Confederation of Student Unions) has been taken over by extremist elements.
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