Carolina Montserrat Tohá Morales (born 12 May 1965) is a Chilean political scientist, educator, and politician currently serving as Chile's Minister of the Interior and Public Security since 6 September 2022, during the administration of President Gabriel Boric.

Tohá previously served as Minister Secretary General of Government in the administration of President Michelle Bachelet from March to December 2009, becoming the first woman to hold this position.

Together with Germán Quintana, who was president at the time, she led the university strike that resulted in the historic victory of the student movement: the resignation of the appointed rector José Luis Federici.

[1] Tohá has two children (Emilio and Matilde)[8] with lawyer and PPD activist Norberto Salinas,[2][9] before marrying physician and politician Fulvio Rossi in December 2005,[2] from whom she is now separated.

[1] After returning to Chile from her studies in Europe, Tohá served as executive secretary of the Social Ministers Committee of the Government of President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, a position she held between 1995 and 1997.

That year, she chose to run for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the Santiago electoral district in the parliamentary elections, but was defeated by her party colleague Enrique Krauss and right-winger Alberto Cardemil.

[7] Tohá later became vice president of the PPD and, in 1999, actively participated in the presidential campaign of Lagos, who, after defeating Joaquín Lavín in January 2000, appointed her as Undersecretary General of Government, a position she assumed on March 11 of that year.

[12] Later that same year, Tohá served as head of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle's campaign, in his failed attempt to regain the presidency in the election won by businessman Sebastián Piñera, candidate of the center-right coalition, Alianza.

On September 6, 2022, President Gabriel Boric made his first cabinet reshuffle, appointing Tohá as the Minister of Interior and Public Security,[20] replacing Izkia Siches.

In her role as school administrator, Tohá received harsh criticism from parents and guardians, as the fire allegedly occurred following her decision to allow the students' occupations inside the establishment.

[26] On July 31 of the same year, a group of parents and guardians filed a protection order against her to prevent the municipality from facilitating the occupations in the institute, arguing that her decision would violate the students' right to education.

[28] Later on, in September of that year, on the occasion of the celebration of the national holidays, the municipality decided to charge an entrance fee to the O'Higgins Park, where fairs are annually organized and the traditional military parade takes place.