Carolina Valdivia Torres (1978 - 2024), AthenaLab advisor
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A great public servant and professional, who joined AthenaLab as an advisor in 2022, where she made a tremendous and constant contribution to our activities, research, and training of young people in international relations. We deeply regret her passing and extend our condolences to her family and loved ones.
A lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University, with a master’s degree in Law and Economics from the Ortega y Gasset Institute of the Complutense University of Madrid and a graduate of the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy, Carolina Valdivia showed her passion for foreign policy and service to Chile from an early age. She pursued her public vocation as the General Director of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and eventually became Minister of that portfolio in 2022 under President Sebastián Piñera’s administration.
In addition to her recognized academic career in Public International Law at the Catholic University and in Border and Neighborhood Policy at the Diplomatic Academy, Carolina stood out as co-agent for Chile before the International Court of Justice in the Silala River case. She was also a member of the Chilean Society of International Law and the American Society of International Law.
Carolina Valdivia was a researcher at the Center for Public Studies and joined AthenaLab as an advisor in 2022, where she made a tremendous and constant contribution to our activities, research, and training of young people in international relations.
Of great nobility and generosity, she always sought to contribute to policies from the perspective of Chile’s foreign policy. Widely appreciated for her professionalism, extensive experience, academic rigor, and commitment to the country’s interests, in October 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed her as Chile’s representative to the Argentine-Chilean Permanent Conciliation Commission.
As an institution, we deeply regret her passing and extend our condolences to her family and loved ones.
