Bit late with this: In January, the new president of #Chile, Gabriel Boric, named a progressive, majority-women cabinet; 14 women and 10 men were named ministers. It is also the youngest cabinet in the history of Chile; seven members are in their 30s. theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…
Boric, a 35-year-old former student leader, will replace the billionaire rightwing president Sebastián Piñera on 11 March as he becomes the youngest president in Chile’s history.
Chile’s new defence minister is the granddaughter of the socialist president Salvador Allende, who was deposed in Pinochet’s bloody 1973 coup d’état. Maya Fernández, 50, will preside over long-overdue reforms of the military that overthrew Chile’s democracy.
Dr Izkia Siches, 35, the popular former head of the national medical union, will be the first woman ever to preside over Chile’s interior ministry.
At 32, the new minister for women and gender equality, Antonia Orellana, is the youngest member of the cabinet.
At 32, the new minister for women and gender equality, Antonia Orellana, is the youngest member of the cabinet.
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