Maya Fernández will take over as Chile’s Defense Minister in the government of Gabriel Boric
Maya Fernández was born in Santiago on September 27, 1971. She is the granddaughter of former President Salvador Allende. After the military coup of 1973, his family emigrated to Cuba and returned to the country in 1990. Two years later he joined the Socialist Party of Chile. He studied Biology and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Chile,graduating from both careers.
In 2002 he joined the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG). Between 2006 and 2012 she was part of the General Directorate of International Economic Relations (Direcon) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as responsible for sanitary and phytosanitary issues of the treaties and trade agreements signed by Chile.