Magdalena Matte(born August 13, 1950) is a  businesswoman and politician from Santiago who is a member of the Independent Democratic Union and served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Chile under the presidency of Sebastin Piera.
Magdalena Matte Lecaros (born August 13, 1950) is a Chilean businesswoman and politician. Matte was born in Santiago. On February 9, 2010, Chile's then-President-elect Sebastian Pinera nominated Magdalena Matte as his Minister of Housing and Urban Development. On April 19, 2011, Magdalena stepped down as minister due to the suspect millionaire compensation payment to the construction company Kodama. She is member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and was part of Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urban Development under Chile's current President Sebastian Pinera for the term of 20102014. 
