Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet is a Chilean physician and politician who served as Chile’s president from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018, then as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022.

Salvador Allende: A Chilean socialist politician who served as president from 1970 until the 1973 military coup. Bachelet’s socialist politics developed within a political tradition shaped by Allende’s presidency and its overthrow.
Chile pension system: Chile’s system of retirement income, built around individual savings accounts introduced during military rule. Bachelet’s governments created a solidarity pillar and later pursued reforms to address low pensions.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: The United Nations official who leads the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Bachelet held this office from 2018 to 2022 after leaving Chile’s presidency.
Sebastián Piñera: A Chilean businessman and politician who served as president from 2010 to 2014 and 2018 to 2022. Piñera’s conservative governments alternated with both of Bachelet’s presidencies.
Augusto Pinochet: A Chilean army general who ruled as dictator from 1973 to 1990. Pinochet’s regime imprisoned and tortured Bachelet and her family, shaping her political life.
Chile education protests: Student-led demonstrations demanding changes to Chile’s education system, especially in 2006 and 2011. The 2006 demonstrations confronted Bachelet’s first government and pressed it to reform education.
UN Human Rights Council: A United Nations intergovernmental body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide. As High Commissioner, Bachelet reported on abuses and addressed the council’s member states.
Gabriel Boric: A Chilean politician who served as president from 2022 to 2026. Boric succeeded Piñera and drew on a younger left-wing coalition distinct from Bachelet’s political generation.
Ricardo Lagos: A Chilean politician who served as president from 2000 to 2006. Bachelet served as defense minister in Lagos’s government before winning the presidency.
Same-sex marriage in Chile: The legal recognition of marriage between same-sex couples in Chile, established in 2022. Bachelet’s second government introduced the marriage bill that later became law.

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