Cristina Girardi LavÃÂn (born 6 January 1962) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy.
Girardi was born on January 9, 1962, in Santiago, Chile. She is the daughter of Guido Girardi Brière, a former deputy, and Rosa Eugenia LavÃÂn Araya.
She is the sister of Senator Guido Girardi and Dino Girardi LavÃÂn, who served as a city councilor of Lo Prado between 2004 and 2016.
She is married to attorney Francisco Javier Varas Fernández, who served as city councilor of Cerro Navia between 2000 and 2004, and is the mother of three children: BenjamÃÂn, Crescente, and Emiliano.
Girardi completed her primary and secondary education at the Alliance Française. She graduated in Anthropology from the National School of Anthropology and History of Mexico. She holds a specialization in health anthropology and has also pursued studies in architecture, sociology, and art.
In 1989, she worked as a researcher at the Centro de Estudios de la Mujer (Center for Women's Studies).
Girardi began her political militancy in 1989 as a member of the Party for Democracy (PPD). She served on the partyâÂÂs central executive board on several occasions and acted as coordinator of its Environment Commission. She also founded the Casa Verde project of the PPD, which included the creation of a documentation and outreach center focused on environmental issues in Chile.
In 1992, she was elected city councilor of Cerro Navia representing the Party for Democracy, marking the beginning of her public career. In 1996, she was elected mayor of Cerro Navia, serving during the 2000âÂÂ2004 and 2004âÂÂ2008 terms, achieving the third-highest national vote share in the latter election. After twelve years as mayor, she chose not to seek re-election in order to pursue a seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the 2009 parliamentary elections.
In late December 2004, she was appointed ad honorem member of the National Council of the President of the Republic Scholarship by President Ricardo Lagos.
In the parliamentary elections of November 2017, she was re-elected as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile representing the Party for Democracy for the 9th electoral district of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, serving the 2018âÂÂ2022 legislative term. She obtained 16,211 votes, equivalent to 4.81% of the total valid votes.
She did not seek re-election in the parliamentary elections held on November 21, 2021, due to the application of Law No. 21,238 of 2020, which established term limits allowing deputies to be re-elected consecutively for up to two terms.