Lidia Amarales
Lidia Amarales | |
|---|---|
| National Director of the National Service for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Drug and Alcohol Consumption of Chile | |
| In office 20 May 2014 – 10 April 2015 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | Francisca Florenzano Valdés |
| Succeeded by | Mariano Montenegro Corona |
| Undersecretary of Public Health of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 14 January 2008 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | Cecilia Villavicencio Rosas |
| Succeeded by | Jeannette Vega Morales |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 2, 1953 Providencia, Chile |
| Political party | Party for Democracy (2000 - 2018) Communist Party (1969 - 1986) |
| Spouse |
Eric Román Carrasco (m. 1978) |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Surgeon and politician |
Lidia Magdalena Amarales Osorio is a Chilean politician, surgeon, and Master in Public Health. She is a former member of the Party for Democracy (PPD) and the Communist Party of Chile (PC). She served as Undersecretary of Public Health of her country during the first government of Michelle Bachelet between 2006 and 2008, and as National Director of the National Service for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Drug and Alcohol Consumption of Chile (SENDA) between 2014 and 2015..