Izkia Siches

Izkia Jasvin Siches Pastén (born 4 March 1986) is a Chilean physician and politician, who served in 2022 as Minister of Interior and Public Security for President Gabriel Boric.

[8] She helped create the journal Hippocampus: Where memory is stored, dreams arise (Hipocampo, donde se guarda la memoria surgen los sueños).

In 2014 Siches was president of the Santiago Regional Council of the Chilean Medical College (Colegio Médico de Chile).

[27] Subsequently, she was harshly criticized by Jaime Mañalich and José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party called for Siches to renounce.

[28] She left the presidency of the Chilean Medical College in November 2021 to be part of Gabriel Boric's second round presidential campaign, that he finally won.

[30][31] On 11 March 2022, Siches was appointed as Minister of the Interior and Public Security by Gabriel Boric, in a ceremony held in the National Congress of Chile.

[35] Her advisors on indigenous matters and on Araucanía and Bío-Bío, Salvador Millaleo and Rubén Sánchez Curihuentro disagreed with the trip to Temucuicui and resigned in the aftermath of the incident.

[37][38] The public prosecutor's office opened an enquiry for omission of report and for possible offences of the previous administration related to Siche's accusations.

[44] She identifies as a feminist, and through her position as president of the Medical College she has urged respect for women's rights, gender equality, and protocols to stop abuse and harassment.

Because the public health system paid for her medical specialization, Siches was legally bound to complete another year in her former workplace.

Siches (back row) with President Michelle Bachelet in 2014
Siches as President of the Chilean Medical College, in 2019.
Siches as Minister of the Interior with President Gabriel Boric during his inauguration.