Carolina Tohá

Carolina Montserrat Tohá Morales (born 12 May 1965) is a Chilean politician and political scientist. She served as Minister of the Interior and Public Security from 2022 to 2025 under President Gabriel Boric. A founding member of the Party for Democracy (PPD), she was the first woman to serve as Minister Secretary General of Government (2009) and also the first woman elected president of the PPD (2010–2012). Tohá was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2002 to 2009 and later became the first woman elected mayor of Santiago by popular vote, holding office from 2012 to 2016.

In March 2025, she stepped down from her ministerial position to run as a candidate in that year's presidential election. After finishing second in the Unity for Chile primary, she announced that she would step back from frontline politics.

The daughter of former Interior Minister José Tohá, who was killed during the Pinochet dictatorship, she was forced into exile as a child. She rose to prominence in student politics during the 1980s, becoming a nationally known figure during Chile's return to democracy. She later earned a PhD in Political Science from the University of Milan. In addition to her political roles, she has worked as a consultant and academic. Provided by Wikipedia