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Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet (born November 11, 1953) is a Chilean politician who served as Minister of Labor and Social Security under Chilean President Sebastián Piñera until July 2013. She was the Independent Democrat Union Party's nominee for President of Chile in the 2013 elections.〔(La Tercera ), July 20th, 2013. (Spanish)〕 Matthei began her career as a lecturer at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, before working in management in the private sector.〔(Biography, National Congress website ) (Spanish).〕 Following Chile's return to democracy in 1989, she successfully ran for Deputy of the 23rd Electoral District the year after. Matthei remained in Congress, serving another term as Deputy and being elected Senator twice before she was appointed to the Cabinet in 2011.〔(Senate Resume ) (Spanish).〕 Matthei has just announced her return to politics and that she will run for major of Providencia in the municipal elections of 2016. Besides her political career, Matthei is also an accomplished pianist.〔(La Tercera ), June 3rd, 2012 (Spanish).〕 ==Family and education== Matthei was born in Santiago de Chile, the second child of Elda Fornet Fernández and Fernando Matthei Aubel, a military officer. Her father was Minister of Health during Augusto Pinochet’s government; later becoming Commander-in-chief of the Air Force, and in this capacity, a member of the Military Junta until Chile’s return to democracy.〔 As a child, Matthei's family were friends with Michelle Bachelet and her family. Bachelet later became president of Chile and in 2013 Matthei challenged her for the presidency.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24938253〕 During her secondary education, Matthei developed a passion for music and piano, and upon graduation expressed interest in becoming a concert pianist. It was impossible for her family to pay for a tutor on her father’s meager salary as an Air Force Captain, but Matthei was able to obtain scholarships for her studies.〔 Following graduation, she took the admissions exams for university; but at the time her father was appointed military attaché to the Chilean Embassy in London, and she decided to pursue her piano career in Britain. Three years later, she realized she would not become a concert pianist and decided to return to Chile. In 1974 Matthei started studying at the Economics Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, from which she received a licentiate in Economics after four years. She pursued a degree in Economics, passed the final oral exam, and was even awarded a prize as best student of her promotion, but she claims her thesis was stolen and so did not graduate.〔〔http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/politica/presidenciales/las-frases-de-evelyn-matthei-en-cooperativa/2013-07-23/100746.html〕 While studying, Matthei worked as an assistant professor and research assistant. She collaborated with former President Sebastián Piñera on a Latin American Economic Commission paper on poverty in the region; as well as a helping develop a textbook on Monetary Theory with Professor Hernando Cortés for the Economics Institute of her University.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evelyn Matthei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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