Carolina Valdivia
Carolina Valdivia Torres was a Chilean lawyer who served as caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs following Andrés Allamand's resignation.
Education
Valdivia held a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, a master’s degree in Law and Economics from the Instituto Ortega y Gasset, and was a graduate of the Diplomatic Academy of Chile.Career
Valdivia served as Director General of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated the Chilean delegation before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, including the case concerning the obligation to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean brought by Bolivia. She was later appointed as Chile’s co-agent before the Court in the case concerning the status and use of the Silala River, following the dispute with Bolivia over the origin and shared use of its waters.Valdivia served as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs during the second term of Sebastián Piñera's presidency. Following the resignation of Andrés Allamand, she also served as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In addition to her diplomatic career, she worked as a researcher at the Centro de Estudios Públicos and as a columnist for La Tercera.