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Paulina Núñez Is Elected as the New President of the Senate

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With 39 votes in favour and 9 abstentions, Paulina Núñez is the new president of the Senate. The senator of National Renewal and representative of the Antofagasta Region will lead the Upper House during this 2026. Who will accompany her in the vice presidency will be the senator of the UDI Ivan Moreira. It will also be the one who will put the presidential band to José Antonio Kast during the ceremony of change of command. It was announced, in t…

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Early in the morning it was determined that Paulina Núñez (RN) will preside over the Senate in the first year of the next legislative cycle that begins on March 11 and, in addition, will be in charge of conducting the ceremony of transfer of presidential command this Wednesday. In the session of installation of the new configuration of the Senate, the vote was held that determined by 39 votes the presidency of Núñez. Meanwhile, Senator Kusanovic…

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After days of internal negotiations, the future of the chambers seems almost closed and would be, finally, the representative of National Renewal, Paulina Núñez, the next president of the Upper House, in disregard of the will of the Communist Party, the Broad Front and the Christian Democracy. And it is that although in the Lower House there were tensions to elect who will preside over the Deputies, in the Senate they managed to ratify on Tuesda…

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At 10:23 a.m., just over an hour after the first session of this legislature began, the newly assumed President of the Senate, Paulina Núñez, took over the new Senate...

Antofagasta Senator takes over the leadership of the Upper House after being elected by her peers in the National Congress. This article Senator by Antofagasta Paulina Núñez is elected new President of the Senate was originally published in El Diario de Antofagasta.

With 39 votes in favour and 9 abstentions, Paulina Núñez is the new president of the Senate. The senator of National Renewal and representative of the Antofagasta Region will lead the Upper House during this 2026. Who will accompany her in the vice presidency will be the senator of the UDI Ivan Moreira. It will also be the one who will put the presidential band to José Antonio Kast during the ceremony of change of command. It was announced, in t…

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CNN Chile broke the news in on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
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