Antonella Sciaraffia
Antonella Sciaraffia Estrada (born 3 February 1966) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy and Intendant of the Tarapacá Region.
Family and early life
She was born in Iquique on 3 February 1966. She is the daughter of Eliecer Sciaraffia and Raquel Estrada. She has one son.
She completed her studies at Trinity College in Iquique. She later moved to Santiago to study Law at the Universidad Central de Chile. She was admitted as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Chile on 6 January 1992.
Professionally, she has worked as a lawyer in various public positions in her hometown. She served at the Provincial Government of Iquique and, in 1994, worked in the program "Chile Programa".
She also served as Legal Affairs Manager of Zofri.
Political career
In 1994, President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle appointed her Regional Ministerial Secretary of National Assets, a position she held for three years.
As a member of the Christian Democratic Party, she ran in the December 1997 parliamentary elections for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing District No. 2 of the I Region, obtaining 28,580 votes, corresponding to 36.97% of the validly cast ballots.
In the 2001 elections, she sought re-election in the same district but was not elected, despite obtaining 22,652 votes, equivalent to 27.00% of the total validly cast ballots.
In 2004, she resigned from the Christian Democratic Party and ran as an independent candidate for Mayor of Iquique, but was not elected.
President Michelle Bachelet appointed her Intendant of the Tarapacá Region, a position she held from 1 April 2007 to 4 January 2008.