Claudia Barattini

Claudia Barattini (born 1960) is a Chilean teacher and political scientist. She was a minister during the second government of Michelle Bachelet.

Barattini was director of La Morada Women's Development Corporation (1998−1999), cultural attaché of the Chilean Embassy in Italy (2006−2010) and director of Foreign Affairs of the Teatro a Mil Foundation (2010−2014). For three seasons, she was the curator of the Chilean pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Early life and education

Barattini is the daughter of Juan Salvador Barattini Carvelli, a teacher of Italian descent, and Marta Albertina Contreras Laporte.

During the Popular Unity (UP) government of President Salvador Allende, she joined the Communist Youth of Chile.

Political career A feminist, Barattini joined the education programme of the feminist organization La Morada in 1989. The organization had been founded in 1982 by Julieta Kirkwood, Antonieta Saa, and Margarita Pisano.

On 24 January 2014, President-elect Michelle Bachelet announced Barattini's appointment as head of the National Council for Culture and the Arts. She took office on 11 March 2014 and served until 11 May 2015, when she was succeeded by Ernesto Ottone. From 1 June 2016 to 11 March 2018, she served as Chile's cultural attaché in Mexico.