Nora Barrientos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrientos and the second or maternal family name is Cárdenas.

Nora Barrientos Cárdenas (born 1960) is a Chilean agricultural engineer and politician who served as Intendant of the Araucanía Region.^[1][2][3][4]

Nora Barrientos
Intendant of the Araucanía Region
In office 21 July 2017 – 11 March 2018
President	Michelle Bachelet
Preceded by	Miguel Hernández Saffirio
Succeeded by	Luis Mayol
In office 4 January 2008 – 11 March 2010
President	Michelle Bachelet
Preceded by	Oscar Eltit
Succeeded by	Andrés Molina Magofke
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-01) 1 January 1960 (age 65) Temuco, Chile
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (BA)
Profession	Agricultural engineer

Political career

Early life

Barrientos studied agricultural engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Since her university period she joined the Socialist Party.

As public official

In the state, Barrientos worked at CONADI (1997−2006) and at CORFO (2006−2008). In January 2008, she was appointed Intendant of the Araucanía Region by the president Michelle Bachelet. Her term ended together with the end of Bachelet's first government on 11 March 2010.

On 10 July 2017, she assumed as manager of the Recognition and Development Plan for Araucanía, created by Bachelet in her second government. However, she only lasted a few days in that position because then, on 21 July, she was appointed for second time as Intendant of La Araucanía, replacing Miguel Hernández Saffirio.