Claudia Pascual Grau (born December 14, 1972 in Santiago) is a social anthropologist and politician from Chile, a militant of the Communist Party. She started on March 11, 2014 as Minister Director of the National Service for Women, being the first communist in 41 years to be in the ministerial cabinet of her country. On June 3, 2016, she was officially appointed as Minister of Women and Gender Equality, portfolio created in March 2015, and which became operational in June 2016.