Michelle Bachelet born 29 September 1951 in Santiago, Chile. She is a politician who was elected as president of Chile for two periods (2006-2010) and (2010-2018), thus being the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency. Also, she was a Chile’s Minister of Health in 2000, and was the Minister of Defense under president Ricardo Lagos, being the first woman in Chile or Latin America to hold this political position. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/HighCommissioner.aspx
Michelle Bachelet was distinguished by her campaign based on meeting the needs of the country’s poor, reforming the pension system, promoting the rights of women and recognizing constitutionally the rights of indigenous Mapuche people. Also, she founded social programs and impoveearly childhood education. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelle-Bachelet
“Chile need to unite behind the goals of reducing poverty and creating more iqual oportunities so everyone can benefit from what the country has to offer.” Bachelet Quotes Category: Goals Quotes
Bachelet thought this quote confirms its commitment to the Chilean people to reduce the poverty and have better opportunities for the nation, and in turn contribute to the well- being of the economy. https://www.successories.com/iquote/author/35739/michelle-bachelet-quotes/1
At the time of concluding her first term of government in 2010, Bachelet created the ” Fundacion Dialoga”, to continue contributing to the renewal of center-left ideas and as a place to motivate those new leaders that are emerging. As well as, for this same year she assumes the presidency of the Advisory Council for Social Protection, an initiative in conjunction with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in order to promote social policies that stimulate economic growth and social cohesion. In 2011, under his leadership, the Council published the report “Social protection floor for a fair and inclusive globalization”, which is currently a United Nations guide on the matter.
Michelle Bachelet was appointed on September 14, 2010 as the first Director of the newly created UN Women agency. This institution was destined to fight for the rights of women and girls in the world. For two and a half years she dedicated herself to engaging women in the political arena, to economic empowerment, and fighting for the end of domestic violence against women. From this moment on, Michelle Bachelet retakes the presidency of Chile for the second time (2014-218).
“Voy a trabajar para conducir el próximo gobierno: el primer gobierno de una nueva mayoría política y social que nos permita enfrentar la desigualdad y construir un Chile más inclusivo”.
Michelle Bachelet – Discurso del 27 de marzo de 2013 en Centro Cívico El Bosque. https://iadc.edu/hoh-recipient/michelle-bachelet/
Translated:
“I am going to work to lead the next government: the first government of a new political and social majority that will allow us to confront inequality and build a more inclusive Chile”.
Michelle Bachelet – Speech on March 27, 2013 at Centro Cívico El Bosque.
Michelle Bachelet is a woman of outstanding power in our times. She is a woman who despite going through so many difficulties in life, such as, the torture of her father, Vicente Bachelet, leading him to his death for demonstrating his opposition to the Augusto Pinoche regimen. As well as, the imprisonment of she and her mother in a torture center. Despite these and her ideals, thus finishing her pediatric studies in exile. When she was able to Chile, she held several important political positions, among these, being president of the country.
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Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Michelle Bachelet”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Sep. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelle-Bachelet. Accessed 17 February 2021.
