Marco Enríquez-Ominami
| Marco Enríquez-Ominami | |
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Enríquez-Ominami in 2016
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile for the District No. 10 (Valparaíso Region) |
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In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2010 |
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| Born |
Marco Antonio Enríquez Gumucio June 12, 1973 Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean-French |
| Political party |
Progressive Party (2010–) Socialist Party (1990–2009) |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Doggenweiler |
| Relations |
Miguel Enríquez (father) Manuela Gumucio (mother) Carlos Ominami (adoptive father) |
| Children | Manuela Enríquez-Ominami Doggenweiler |
| Residence | Santiago, Chile |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Philosopher, politician and filmmaker |
| Known for | Candidate for President of Chile (2009 and 2013) |
| Religion | Christian |
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| Website | marco2014.cl |
Marco Antonio Enríquez-Ominami Gumucio (born June 12, 1973) is a Chilean-French filmmaker and politician. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Socialist Party deputy in Chile's lower chamber. In 2009 he quit the party and ran for President of the Republic as independent, where he finished third with 20% of the vote. He is currently the leader of the Progressive Party, which he founded in 2010.
Enríquez-Ominami is the son of Revolutionary Left Movement's historical leader Miguel Enríquez and sociologist Manuela Gumucio. His adoptive father is former senator Carlos Ominami. Enríquez-Ominami is married to the Chilean TV hostess Karen Doggenweiler, and has two children. Because of his long name he is frequently called MEO or ME-O both in writing and in speech.
Enríquez-Ominami was born in Santiago, Chile to Miguel Enríquez Espinosa, the founder and secretary general of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), and Manuela Gumucio Rivas, daughter of Rafael Agustín Gumucio Vives, a former senator and founder of the Falange Nacional political party. He is of Spanish, German and Scottish descent by his father's side, also Bolivian and Basque from his mother's side.
In November 1973, two months after the military coup d'état which ousted the government of President Salvador Allende Enríquez-Ominami and his family were expelled from the country via a military decree, and barred from entering the country for the next ten years. His father, who stayed in the country to organize and lead an underground résistance against the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, was assassinated in October 1974 by DINA agents who uncovered his secret location in Santiago.
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