Trivia

Daughter of Salvador Allende and Hortensia Allende.

Younger sister of Carmen Paz Allende and Beatriz Allende.

Graduated from University of Chile with degree in Sociology.

Lived exile in Mexico from 1973-1989.

Mother of Gonzalo Meza (1965-2010) with Sergio Meza; and Marcia Tambutti (b. 1971) with Romilio Tambutti.

Second cousin of writer Isabel Allende.

Chilean Deputy from 1994 to 2010.

President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile (2003-2004).

Chilean Senator for Atacama Region from 2010-2018.

(December 16, 2010) Her son, Gonzalo Meza, committed suicide after suffering depression.

President of the Chilean Senate (2014-2015).

Her the first woman president of the Senate in the Chilean history.

Leader of the Socialist Party of Chile from 2015-2017.

Senator for Valparaíso Region from 2018-2025.

Vice-president of the Socialist International (2017-2024).