Paulina Saball

María Paulina Saball Astaburuaga (born 26 October 1952) is a Chilean politician and social worker. She was a minister during the second government of Michelle Bachelet.^[1][2][3]

Paulina Saball
Minister of Housing & Urbanism
In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018
Preceded by	Rodrigo Pérez Mackenna
Succeeded by	Cristián Monckeberg
Personal details
Born	(1952-10-26) 26 October 1952 (age 72) Santiago, Chile
Political party	Party for Democracy
Other political affiliations	Popular Unitary Action Movement
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (BA)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Social worker

Saball studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where she was a member of the leftist movement Popular Unitary Action Movement (MAPU).

Saball was an opponent to the Pinochet dictatorship and was linked to human rights defense groups through various entities, such as the Committee of Cooperation for Peace in Chile and the Vicariate of Solidarity. Similarly, once returned the democracy she was part of the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation (Rettig Report) during the christian-democratic government of Patricio Aylwin.