Luz Vidal

Luz Pascuala Vidal Huiriqueo (born 24 December 1973) is a Mapuche Chilean domestic worker, union leader, and politician. Between March 2022 and March 2025, she served as Undersecretary for Women and Gender Equality under the administration of President Gabriel Boric.

Early life Vidal was born on 24 December 1973 in the Mapuche community of Curruhuinca Vidal, Padre Las Casas, Chile. Her parents, who were farm workers, spoke Mapuche, but they didn't instill it in their children. She attended primary school at Escuela Lenfuen G-490 and secondary school at Liceo Pablo Neruda in Temuco, where she witnessed and intervened in acts of discrimination against her Mapuche classmates.

In 1994, Vidal began studying History Education at the University of La Frontera, but had to drop out in 1997 due to health problems.

Political activity As an independent politician, Vidal was part of the Apruebo Dignidad list by the Democratic Revolution quota to the Constitutional Convention election of 2021 representing 9th district. Vidal received 5,895 votes (1.86%), so she was not elected.

After the election of Gabriel Boric in 2021 as the new President of Chile, Vidal was appointed Undersecretary for Women and Gender Equality of Chile of the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality. She resigned in March 2025 and was succeeded on 28 March 2025.