Carolina Tohá currently serves as Minister of the Interior and Public Security of Chile. She presides over the Fundación Instituto Ciudad (City Institute Foundation), a civil society organization dedicated to the promotion of urban policies centered on people, emphasizing equality and sustainability. From 2012 to 2016, she served as the Mayor of Santiago, Chile. During her term, she actively encouraged policies in favor of a sustainable transit system, prioritizing public transport, pedestrian, and cycling schemes. Tohá also acted as Co-chair of the High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport, convened by former United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon. Before becoming Mayor, she worked as a Minister under Michelle Bachelet’s first government (2009), as a member of Chilean Parliament from 2002 to 2009, as Chile's General Under-Secretary during the Ricardo Lagos government from 2000 to 2001, and as President of the Partido por la Democracia (PPD) from 2010 to 2012.