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Michelle Bachelet

29 September 1951 – present

Michelle Bachelet is a Chilean physician and politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018. Detained and then exiled after the 1973 coup, she returned to Chile in 1979 and qualified as a surgeon before entering government as Minister of Health and later Minister of National Defense. She afterwards headed UN Women and served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022.

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Born in Santiago, Chile
29 September 1951

She was the daughter of Alberto Bachelet, an air force officer, and the archaeologist Ángela Jeria.

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Entered the medical school of the University of Chile
1970
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Detained at Villa Grimaldi and then exiled
1975

She and her mother were held by the DINA before leaving Chile for Australia and then East Germany.

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Returned to Chile from exile
1979

She resumed her medical studies in Santiago after years in Australia and East Germany.

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Graduated as a surgeon from the University of Chile
1983

She later specialised in paediatrics and public health.

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Appointed Minister of Health in the Lagos government
2000 – 2002
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Appointed Minister of National Defense
2002 – 2004

She was the first woman to hold the defence portfolio in Chile.

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Inaugurated as President of Chile
11 March 2006 – 11 March 2010

She was the first woman elected to the Chilean presidency and served a four-year term.

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Appointed the first Executive Director of UN Women
2010 – 2013

She led the United Nations agency for gender equality until stepping down in 2013.

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Appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
2018 – 2022

She held the post from September 2018 until the end of her term in 2022, after a second presidency from 2014 to 2018.

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