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First female president of Chile. Supported by the center-left coalition Concertación. 34 Sebastián Piñera (1949–2024) 11 March 2010 11 March 2014 4 years National Renewal: 2010: First democratically elected conservative president since 1958. Supported by the Coalition for Change. (33) Michelle Bachelet (born 1951) 11 March 2014 11 March ...
The parade's September 19 date was officially sanctioned in 1915 as Chilean Army Day (Dia de las Glorias del Ejercito) per a presidential decree by President Ramón Barros Luco and Interior and Public Security Minister Pedro Nicolás Montenegro, then confirmed by Law 2977 by the National Congress, celebrating the Army, the first full day of the ...
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria [a] (Spanish: [beˈɾonika miˈʃel βaʃeˈle ˈxeɾja]; born 29 September 1951 [2]) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency.
The first democratically elected female prime minister of a Muslim majority country was Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan, who led her party to victory in the 1988 general election and later in 1993, making her the first woman democratically elected leader of any Muslim nation. [6] Bhutto was also the first of only two non-hereditary female world ...
Supporters of President Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
The president's official seat is the La Moneda Palace in the capital Santiago. Michelle Bachelet was the first female president of Chile and served twice, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018. [4] [5] Gabriel Boric is the current president, having won the 2021 Chilean general election and taken office on 11 March 2022. [6]
Michelle Bachelet – first woman president of Chile; Juan Chandía – governor of Department of Tomé for 1946–1952; Carlos Dávila – former Secretary General of the Organization of American States; Florencio Durán – former president of the senate; Héctor Faúndez – diplomat; Fernando Flores – businessman and former senator ...
The National Stadium, where the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games in Santiago will take place on Friday, is a source of pride for many in Chile. The Pan American Games, the largest multi ...