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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.
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 ...
President of the Chamber of Deputies – Ixora Rojas Paz – 1998 [148] Vice President – Adina Bastidas – 2002 [149] President of the National Assembly – Cilia Flores – 2006 [150] Minister of the Prison Service - Iris Varela - 2011 [151] Minister of Defense - Carmen Meléndez - 2013 [152] Foreign minister – Delcy Rodríguez – 2014 [153]
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 was the first female president of Chile, leading the country between 2006 and 2010. [23] During her presidency, Bachelet increased the budget of the National Women's Service (Servicio Nacional de la Mujer, SERNAM) and helped the institution gain funding from the United Nations Development Fund for Women. [8]
President Gabriel Boric described the atmosphere as “charged,” and former President Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010 and 2014-2018) called it “toxic.” In Congress, lawmakers shouted at each ...
Chile’s new left-leaning government is doing away with the office of the first lady in an effort to transform a role that both the president and his partner have characterized as archaic. The ...
Sebastián Piñera – Chilean billionaire, businessman and politician; former President of Chile; Aníbal Pinto – 9th President of Chile (1876-1881) Augusto Pinochet – Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Chile, President of the Government Junta of Chile, dictator from 1973 until 1990 and President from 1981 onwards.