María Luisa Cordero

María Luisa Cordero Velásquez (born 23 January 1943) is a Chilean psychiatrist, writer, television commentator and politician.

Biography She was born in Puerto Montt on 23 January 1943. She is the daughter of Melchor Cordero Matute and María Herminia Velásquez Oyarzún.

She is the mother of two children, Fernando and Jaime, and the grandmother of Renata and Mateo. She ran in the 12th District as an independent candidate on a list sponsored by the Independent Democratic Union. She obtained 15,095 votes, corresponding to 4.06% of the valid votes cast, and was not elected. for the 2022–2026 legislative period. She obtained 20,617 votes, equivalent to 4.51% of the valid votes cast.

She ran for re-election in the same district in the parliamentary elections held on 16 November 2025, as an independent candidate on a list sponsored by the Independent Democratic Union within the Chile Grande y Unido coalition. She was not elected, obtaining 14,530 votes, corresponding to 2.24% of the total votes cast.