
Iraci Hassler Jacob was Mayor of Santiago, Chile from 2021, succeeding Felipe Alessandri. She was the first Communist mayor of Santiago.
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Iraci Hassler was born in Chile to a father of Swiss heritage and a Brazilian mother of Tupi and Guarani origin. She joined the youth wing of the Communist Party of Chile during the 2011 protests and became a student activist, and she was elected as a Santiago municipal councillor in 2016, serving until 2021. On 17 May 2021, she was elected Mayor of Santiago, defeating the National Renewal incumbent Felipe Alessandri and becoming the first communist Mayor of Santiago.