Carolina Valdivia Torres

Carolina Valdivia Torres (7 March 1978 – 11 November 2024) was a Chilean lawyer who served as caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs following Andrés Allamand's resignation.

Education Valdivia held a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, a master’s degree in Law and Economics from the Instituto Ortega y Gasset (Complutense University of Madrid), and was a graduate of the Diplomatic Academy of Chile.

Career

Valdivia served as Director General of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated the Chilean delegation before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, including the case concerning the obligation to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean brought by Bolivia.

Valdivia served as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs during the second term of Sebastián Piñera's presidency. Following the resignation of Andrés Allamand, she also served as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.