Rebeca Cofré

Rebeca del Rosario Cofré Calderón (born 23 August 1962) is a Chilean politician and member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI).

In 2013, she was named as one of the 100 Leading Women of Chile by Mujeres Empresarias[n 1] and the Economía y Negocios (Economy and Business) section of El Mercurio newspaper.

[6] According to her biography on the Chépica government website, Cofré decided to start her political career in 2000 because of her "great motivation for the protection of the people's dignity, mostly of the working women".

[12] On the following year, in July, Cofré announced the creation of a commerce promotion office, after a meeting with local businessmen and government authorities.

[14][15] In January 2013, it was announced by Cofré and the local priest Claudio Fuenzalida that the San Antonio de Padua church, badly damaged by the 2010 earthquake, would be re-constructed.

[17] She accepted the award at the newspapers' headquarters in Vitacura on 26 November 2013, in a ceremony attended by personalities such as President Sebastián Piñera Echenique and First Lady Cecilia Morel Montes, who was also named one of the 100 Leading Women of Chile.

From left to right: deputy Juan Carlos Latorre , officials from the Library of the National Congress of Chile, deputy Ramón Barros Montero , and Cofré during a ceremony at a local school, May 2010.
Rebeca Cofré was named one of the 100 Leading Women of Chile in November 2013.