Ximena Rincón

Ximena Cecilia Rincón González (born 5 July 1967) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. She served as a cabinet minister during the second government of President Michelle Bachelet, holding the positions of Minister Secretary-General of the Presidency (2014–2015) and Minister of Labor and Social Providence (2015–2016). Later, she was elected senator for the Maule Region (2018–2026) and served as President of the Senate from August 2021 to March 2022.

She began her political career at the age of fourteen by joining the youth leadership of the Christian Democratic Party (DC). She went on to hold positions in public administration, including Superintendent of Social Security (2000–2005) and Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region (2005–2006). In the legislative sphere, she was senator for the 11th constituency (Southern Maule) between 2010 and 2014 before joining the cabinet. During her second term as senator, she has chaired key committees such as Economy, Finance, Science, and Budget.

Her break with the DC came in 2022, when she publicly declared her support for the "Reject" option in the constitutional plebiscite—contradicting the official stance of her party. The decision sparked strong internal controversy and led to her resignation after decades of membership.

She later co-founded the party Demócratas along with other centrist figures, establishing herself as a leading critic of the direction taken by the Gabriel Boric government and the constitutional process led by the Broad Front and Communist Party.