Claudia Pascual Grau (born December 14, 1972, in Santiago)[1] is a social anthropologist and politician from Chile, a member of the Communist Party.

She started on March 11, 2014, as Minister Director of the National Service for Women, being the first communist in 41 years to be in the ministerial cabinet of her country.

She was coordinator of the Program for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Consumption of the Student Welfare Office of the University of Chile.

[7] On January 24, 2014, she was announced as the Minister Director of the National Service for Women by President-elect Michelle Bachelet.

She took office on March 11, 2014, with the start of the new government, and thus became the first communist member to join a cabinet since 1973, during the presidency of Salvador Allende.