Javiera Martínez

Javiera Patricia Martínez Fariña (born 10 November 1986) is a Chilean civil engineer and political scientist, member of the Democratic Revolution (RD). Since March 11, 2022, she has been the head of the Budget Directorate (Dipres), acting under the government of Gabriel Boric.

Education Javiera Martínez completed her higher studies in industrial civil engineering in mining at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), and then pursued a master's degree in political science with a specialization in political economy at New York University, United States, graduating in 2018.

During the second government of Michelle Bachelet, between 2014 and 2016 she was part of the cabinet team of the Ministry of Education (Mineduc), working with the ministers of the branch: Nicolás Eyzaguirre and Adriana Delpiano. On that occasion, she participated in the design of several legislative initiatives, including the 2015 and 2016 Budget Law, and the one that allowed the creation of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, among others.

Between 2018 and 2021, she served as technical advisor to parliamentarians of the left-wing coalition Frente Amplio (FA), on fiscal issues during the 2018–2022 legislative period.