# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yolanda-ortiz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:49:02.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yolanda-ortiz"
name: "Yolanda Ortiz"
slug: "yolanda-ortiz"
description: "Yolanda Ortiz was an Argentine doctor of chemistry. She was the first Secretary of Natural Resources and Human Environment of Argentina, appointed by then-president Juan Perón in 1973. She was the first woman to hold such a position in Latin America. She was also an advisor to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Nation and of the Federal Council of the Environment (COFEMA)."
tagline: "Argentine chemist and environmentalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Retrato_de_Yolanda_Ortiz_en_2017_-_gafotos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Argentina"
  isoCode: "AR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1923"
deathDate: "2019-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.24
  momentum:             14
  historical:           6.406084
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Ortiz"
    title: "Yolanda Ortiz"
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    title: "Yolanda Ortiz (chemist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yolanda Ortiz"
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    title: "Yolanda Ortiz"
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  - url: "https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Ortiz_(chemist)"
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    title: "योलान्डा ऑर्टिज़"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Ortiz_(mwanakemia)"
    title: "Yolanda Ortiz (mwanakemia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump