Chile: Irina Karamanos, President Boric’s partner, resigns from her official duties as First Lady

Irina Karamanos, partner of the president of Chili, gabriel boricformalized her resignation as sociocultural coordinator of the Presidency this Thursday, with which she will stop fulfilling official functions as first lady to dedicate herself to her professional work.

“It is an announcement that we make with great pride to move on to a new stage, where with a different role we will be able to continue advancing for the personal development and autonomy of each one of us,” he said. karamanos during a ceremony in which he gave accounts of his work in the last nine months.

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The output of karamanos It takes shape after taking office in March with the promise of “reviewing the institutional role of the first ladies” and being able to transform it “with a contemporary look”, as he stated at the ceremony at the government palace.

The position of first lady is not regulated in Chili nor receive remuneration.

But at the head of the Sociocultural Coordination of the Presidency, the office that groups the entities that the first lady presides over, Karamanos managed the million-dollar budget of the six social foundations that she presided over. It had its own staff and an office in the presidential palace of La Moneda.

From now on, the social foundations will be in charge of the person chosen to chair each of the boards.

“I am going to continue supporting the government; I am going to continue supporting the president, my partner Gabriel Boric, and on the other hand, I am going to intensify the militancy in my party and I am also going to develop professionally in my area,” he assured. karamanos.

A 33-year-old social scientist, Irina Karamanos is a partner of Boric since 2019. Of Greek and German descent, she studied at the University of Heidelberg, in Germany, and is part of the Feminist Front of the ruling Social Convergence party.

“From my perspective, this is an important advance that has to do above all with how we conceive the role of the State and the importance of modernizing the institutions and adapting them to the current times,” he said for his part. Boric.

the office of the first lady Chili it is created by decree when a new government begins, every four years.

Source: Elcomercio

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