Ximena Órdenes
Ximena Loreto Órdenes Neira (born 9 March 1973) is a Chilean sociologist and politician. She is currently a senator for Constituency 14, corresponding to Aysén Region. She was from 2014 to 2015, under the second government of Michelle Bachelet. In the first Bachelet government, she was governor of Aysén Province from 2006 to 2008, and regional ministerial secretary of public works from 2008 to 2010. Biography Ximena Órdenes was born in Coyhaique on 9 March 1973, the daughter of Segismundo Órdenes González and Danira Neira Vera. Her grandfather, Daniel Neira, was the founder of the Socialist Party in Aysén Region and a councilor. Her parents were founders of the Party for Democracy (PPD) in Aysén, which she also joined. Her mother was president of the Aysén Human Rights Group. Her early education took place at Liceo San Felipe Benicio in Coyhaique. She later studied sociology at the University of the Republic, Santiago. She completed a diploma in gender and development at Andrés Bello National University. She has one child. Political career Órdenes' formal career in public service began in 2003, when she was appointed by President Ricardo Lagos as regional director of the National Women's Service (SERNAM), a position she