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Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile from (2006-2010; 2014-2018) · Chile · Politicians · Born 1951 · age 75

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Chile's first woman president, elected twice by landslide margins a decade apart, then tapped to lead the UN's human rights apparatus - a physician and former defense minister who rose through a political system that had never before put a woman at the top.

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2018United Nations High Commissioner for Human RightsOffice2018-20222017Grand Collar of the Order of LibertyAward2016Royal Order of the SeraphimAward2014President of ChileOffice2014-20182012Honorary Doctorate from Columbia UniversityAward2010Honorary Doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle UniversityAwardHonorary Doctorate of Pompeu Fabra UniversityAwardNational Order of San LorenzoAwardExecutive Director of UN WomenOffice2010-20132009Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands LionAward2008Honorary Doctor of the University of EssexAwardPresident pro tempore of the Union of South American NationsOffice2008-20092007Grand Collar of the Order of Prince HenryAwardHonorary DoctorateAwardOrder of the LiberatorAward2006Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAwardOrder of Bernardo O'HigginsAwardPresident of ChileOffice2006-20102002Minister of National Defence of ChileOffice2002-20042000Chilean minister of HealthOffice2000-20021978DAAD ScholarshipAward1951Born29 September 1951

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Commemoration of Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean minister, who was assassinated by Pinochet's secret police in Washington, D.C., in 1976Commemoration of Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean minister, who was assassinated by Pinochet's secret police in Washington, D.C., in 1976Bachelet, as Minister of Defense, meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2002Bachelet, as Minister of Defense, meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2002Bachelet during a television debate in 2005Bachelet during a television debate in 2005Bachelet waving with other leaders at the inauguration ceremony in ValparaísoBachelet waving with other leaders at the inauguration ceremony in ValparaísoBachelet with former presidents Eduardo Frei and Ricardo Lagos during the inauguration of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in January 2010Bachelet with former presidents Eduardo Frei and Ricardo Lagos during the inauguration of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in January 2010Bachelet with former Argentine president Néstor KirchnerBachelet with former Argentine president Néstor KirchnerBachelet with Evo Morales and Lula da Silva at a Union of South American Nations summit in 2008Bachelet with Evo Morales and Lula da Silva at a Union of South American Nations summit in 2008

Awards

Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty2017
BBC 100 Women2017
Royal Order of the Seraphim2016
Honorary Doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven2015
Collar of the Order of Charles III2014
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University2012
Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia2012
National Order of San Lorenzo2010
Honorary Doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University2010
Honorary Doctor of the National University of Córdoba2010
Honorary Doctorate, Catholic University of Cordoba2010
Honorary Doctorate of the International University Menendez Pelayo2010
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic2010
Honorary Doctorate of University of Burgundy2010
Honorary Doctorate, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo2010
Honorary Doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University2010
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion2009
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ2009
Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)2008
Honorary Doctor of the University of Essex2008
Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great2008
Order of the Liberator2007
Honorary Doctorate, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala2007
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic2007
Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry2007
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle2007
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland2007
Order of Merit2006
Order of Bernardo O'Higgins2006
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2006
Honorary Doctor of the University of Brasília2006
Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay2006
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic2004
DAAD Scholarship1978
Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations

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Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria was born 29 September 1951 and trained as a physician, also studying military strategy before entering politics. She served as Health Minister and then Defense Minister under President Ricardo Lagos, becoming the first woman to hold Chile's defense portfolio. In 2006 she won the presidency with 54% of the vote, the first woman ever elected to lead the country. After her first term ended in 2010, she was appointed the first executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. She returned to Chile and ran again in 2013, winning with over 62% - the first president re-elected since 1932 - and served a second term from 2014 to 2018. From 2018 to 2022 she served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. A separated mother of three who identifies as agnostic, she speaks Spanish, English, German, French, and Portuguese.

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Category
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Born 1951 · age 75

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