Carmen Ibáñez

Carmen Ibáñez
Ambassador of Chile at Greece
In office
11 March 2010 – 11 January 2013
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Succeeded byMaría Pía Busta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
11 March 2002 – 11 March 2006
Preceded byFrancisco Bartolucci
Succeeded byJoaquín Godoy Ibáñez
Constituency13th District
Personal details
Born (1959-02-07) 7 February 1959
Party
Spouses
ChildrenFour (among them, Joaquín and María Luisa)
OccupationPolitician

Carmen Patricia Ibáñez Soto (born 7 February 1959) is a Chilean social communicator, former television presenter, and politician.

She served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing the 13th District (Valparaíso, Juan Fernández, and Easter Island) from 11 March 2002 to 11 March 2006. Later, she was appointed Ambassador of Chile to Greece, serving from 11 March 2010 until 31 January 2013, and was subsequently Cultural Attaché at the Chilean Embassy in Argentina until October 2019.

Ibáñez is the daughter of former deputy Arturo Ibáñez Ceza and Eliana del Carmen Soto Klauss. She holds a degree in Social Communication from Santiago College. Before entering politics, she worked at Radio Agricultura as Communications Director and contributed to Red Televisión and Revista Cosas. During the 1980s, she became known to the public after appearing in a Concha y Toro wine commercial.