Carolina Goić | |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1972 |
Birth Place: | Puerto Natales, Chile |
Office: | President of the Christian Democratic Party |
Term Start: | 2 April 2016 |
Term End: | 20 November 2017 |
Predecessor: | Jorge Pizarro |
Successor: | Myriam Verdugo |
Office1: | Member of the Senate of Chile |
Constituency: | Magallanes Region |
Term Start1: | 11 March 2014 |
Term End1: | 11 March 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Pedro Muñoz Aburto |
Successor1: | Dissolution of the Circumscription |
Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile |
Constituency2: | Magallanes Region (60th District) |
Term Start2: | 11 March 2006 |
Term End2: | 11 March 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Pedro Muñoz Aburto |
Successor2: | Juan Morano Cornejo |
Spouse: | Christian Kirk Miranda |
Children: | Two |
Alma Mater: | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Social worker |
Relatives: | Alejandro Goic Karmelic |
Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević (born 20 December 1972) is a Chilean politician who served as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC) from 2016 to 2017.
She is a former Senator and former deputy for Magallanes, which includes the communities of Rio Verde, Laguna Blanca, Cape Horn, Porvenir, Primavera, Punta Arenas, San Gregorio, Timaukel and Torres del Paine.[1] She was the PDC's nominee for president of Chile in 2017.
She entered the Catholic University of Chile, where graduated as a social worker. Then she obtained magister degree in economics at the Catholic University of Chile.
She is married to Christian Kirk Miranda, a marine biologist by profession and photographer, and served as director of the National Tourism Service (Sernatur) in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region. She is the mother of two daughters: Catalina and Alejandra.
Carolina Goic was elected president of the Christian Democratic Party in April 2016, following the resignation of Jorge Pizarro.[2]
On 11 March 2017 Carolina Goic was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as presidential candidate in the Chilean general election.[3] On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years.[4] On 11 May 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Electoral Service of Chile ("Servel").[5] She obtained 5.88% of the vote, the worst result for a Christian Democrat running for president in a general election in Chilean history, and subsequently resigned as president in November 2017,[6] being replaced by Myriam Verdugo.[7]
Goic is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.