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Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
About Sonia Tschorne
- Sonia Tschorne Berestesky (born 26 April 1954 in Santiago) is an architect and Chilean politician. She studied architecture at the University of Chile, graduating in 1982.
- Later, she received a master's degree at the Catholic University of Chile in urban planning. She has been a militant for the Socialist Party for the last 16 years, working with the governments of the concertación since 1990.
- She became the Ministry of Public Works' National Director of Architecture and Deputy Secretary of Urban Development during the governments of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and Ricardo Lagos. As an architect, one of her last and most important works was the Master Building Plan of Central Santiago.
- In 2004, she was designated Minister of Housing, Urban Development, National Goods, succeeding Jaime Ravinet. In 2008, she was serving as Chile's Undersecretary of Public Works.
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