page_title: Camila Vallejo
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Camila Vallejo / Biography / Political career
caption_attribution_description: Michelle Bachelet y Camila Vallejo en sesión de fotos de candidatos de la Nueva Mayoría.
context_page_description: Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling is a Chilean Communist Party politician, currently serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing District 26 of La Florida, Santiago. She is part of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth of Chile. As president of the University of Chile Student Federation and main spokesperson of the Confederation of Chilean Students, she was one of the most prominent leaders of the student protests of 2011.
context_section_description: In November 2012, Vallejo was proclaimed by the Communist Party of Chile as one of their candidates for Congress in the 2013 elections. Although in January 2012 Vallejo had stated that she would "never be willing to campaign" in favor of Michelle Bachelet, she changed her position after the Communist Party decided to offer its support to Socialist presidential precandidate. Later she stated that "it was not an easy decision". Vallejo and Bachelet first met at a campaign event on 15 June 2013. After Chile's national elections of 17 November 2013, Vallejo was elected to represent District 26 of La Florida with more than 43 percent of the votes, one of the highest victory margins of that election.
caption: Vallejo and Michele Bachelet in 2013.
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