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Chilean politician (born 1990) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Musante and the second or maternal family name is Müller.
Camila Musante
Camila Musante as deputy in 2022.
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2022
ConstituencyDistrict 14
Personal details
Born (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 34)
Valdivia, Chile
Political partyIndependent

Camila Fernanda Musante Müller (born 6 February 1990) is a Chilean lawyer, feminist activist and politician. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for district 14 in 2021, she is one of the first openly bisexual Chilean congresswomen along with Francisca Bello.

Early life and education

Musante studied law at the Major University, graduating as a lawyer in 2015, and has a master's degree in environmental law. She is a member of the Association of Feminist Lawyers (Abofem) where she served as deputy director of Public Law and director of the Agua para el Pueblo Foundation.

In 2018, Musante was a member of the Chile Environmental Law Observatory, belonging to the Autonomous University of Chile, and in 2019 she was part of the Chilean Human Rights Commission. She has also served as a member of the Center for Constitutional and Administrative Studies of the Major University, of which she was its founder, and as a columnist in the digital medium El Desconcierto.

Political career

From 2020 to 2021, Musante was a member of the Common Force, a political movement headed by Fernando Atria and part of the Broad Front. In the conventional constituent elections, she applied as an independent candidate in a Democratic Revolution quota in the Apruebo Dignidad pact for district No. 14, but was not elected. Later, in the parliamentary elections held in November of the same year, she was elected as deputy for the 14th district for AD as an independent in a Commons quota; she became one of the congresswomen representing sexual diversity along with Francisca Bello, Marcela Riquelme and Emilia Schneider.

References

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  2. ^ Middleton, Javier (26 November 2021). "Nace una "bancada disidente" en el Congreso: quiénes son las 4 diputadas electas LGTBIQ+". The Clinic (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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  4. ^ Llanos Chacón, Talía (10 January 2021). "Camila Musante, candidata constituyente independiente: "Lucharé por la primera Constitución ecofeminista en el mundo"". El Desconcierto. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ "CAMILA MUSANTE, DIPUTADA (D14): "NUESTRO DERECHO EN GENERAL NO TIENE UN ENFOQUE O UNA MIRADA HACIA EL MEDIO AMBIENTE"". Radio Juan Gómez Millas. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. "La ecofeminista Camila Musante inscribe su candidatura a diputada por el distrito 14". El Desconcierto. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. El Labrador (3 October 2021). "Nueva Abogada querellante dijo que hay obligaciones que santa marta no ha cumplido y en eso se concentrará". LitoralPress. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  8. Escobar, Rubén. "Camila Musante, candidata por el D14, y activistas: «Debe existir protección, sino vamos a tener más casos como el de Macarena Valdés»". El Desconcierto. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  9. Flores, Ana (21 December 2021). "Latam 2021: Diputadas y funcionarias LGBT+ que llegaron a la política". Homosensual. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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