Patricia Poblete

Patricia Poblete Benett (6 June 1946 − 31 March 2022 ) was a Chilean economist who served as minister during the first government of Michelle Bachelet (2006–2010).

Family and education In the mid-1960s, she moved from her hometown to Santiago to study economics at the University of Chile.

While studying there, she joined the Christian Democratic Party of Chile and met Jorge Navarrete Martínez, then president of the University of Chile Student Federation (FECh), whom she later married. The couple had four children

Following the return to democracy, she worked for the Municipality of Santiago between 1990 and 2000 under Mayor Jaime Ravinet, serving as Municipal Services Coordinator and later as Ravinet's chief of staff.

In 2000, during the final months of the administration of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, she was appointed Executive Director of Fundación Integra. and remained in office until the end of the administration on 11 March 2010.

In March 2014, during the second Bachelet administration, President Bachelet appointed her Coordinator of the Program Management Unit, a position she held until her resignation in December 2015.