President-elect announced his first cabinet with a majority of women: Siches takes over as Minister of the Interior and Marcel in Finance

From the National Museum of Natural History, the President-elect, Gabriel Boric, announces to his 24 ministers that he will accompany him in his future Government. These are 14 women and 10 men, whose average age is around 49 years. In Interior, Izkia Siches took over, making history by becoming the first woman to hold this position. It is independent that she was key during Boric’s runoff campaign and that during the onset of the pandemic she served as president of the Medical College. She is an Internist in the Infectology Unit of the San José de Dios Hospital.Antonia Urrejola, a lawyer, assumed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is independent and close to the Socialist Party. She was a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights between 2018 and 2021, chairing it in 2021.La biologist and deputy in office of the Socialist Party, Maya Fernández will be the new Minister of Defense. She was President of the Chamber of Deputies between 2018 and 2019 and former president of the Defense Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.In the Ministry of Finance Mario Marcel, Commercial Engineer and M. Phil. in Economics from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Former Director of Budgets, Deputy Director of Governance and Territorial Development of the OECD and Senior Director of the Good Governance Practice of the World Bank. Until now he served as president of the Central Bank. The Secretary General of the Presidency will be mandated by Giorgio Jackson, civil engineer, student leader, and first parliamentarian of the Political Party Democratic Revolution (RD). Deputy of the Republic since 2014.In the General Secretary of Government, Camila Vallejo of the Communist Party will be in charge of the spokespersons. Geographer. Deputy of the Republic since 2014. Former student leader. Former president of the Federation of students of the University of Chile (2010-2011). Nicolás Grau, Commercial Engineer, Master and PhD in Economics. Professor of the Department of Economics of the University of Chile will be the new Minister of Economy. In Social Development, Jeanette Vega, former Undersecretary of Health of the first government of Michelle Bachelet, who also served as director of Fonasa,will take over.One of the surprises was Marco Antonio Ávila, the first teacher who will occupy the Education portfolio. He is a spanish teacher. Master in Education and Innovation. Former director of educational establishment. Former National Coordinator of Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education (2015-2018). Marcela Ríos Tobar, sociologist and doctor will take charge of the justice portfolio.Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party assumed as Head of Labor. While in the Ministry of Public Works will assume Juan Carlos García, architect. María Begoña Yarza, will be the new Minister of Health. She is a doctor, independent and close to Izkia Siches.A name that already sounded was that of the current senator of the Socialist Party Carlos Montes who will assume as Minister of Housing and Urbanism.In Agriculture, the portfolio will be led by the journalist and political scientist Esteban Valenzuela, who was also mayor of Rancagua.From the Radical Party, Marcela Hernando was appointed as head of Mining. A surgeon, she was a deputy for district 3 of the Region of Antofagasta and previously a parliamentarian for district 4 of the same area. Between 2008 and 2021 she served as mayor of Antofagasta.The academic of the Catholic University, Juan Carlos Muñoz will occupy the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications. Javiera Toro, lawyer and researcher, first president of the Parido Comunes will occupy the Ministry of National Assets. Claudio Alberto Huepe, commercial engineer and master in Economics will be the new minister in the portfolio of Energía.La renowned national scientist, Maisa Rojas, assumed in the portfolio of Environment.In the Ministry of Sport, Gabriel Boric appointed Alexandra Benado, with extensive experience in sports issues. The Ministry of Women and Gender Equity will be led by Antonia Orellana, a journalist at the University of Chile and former member of the Chilean Network against Violence against Women (2015-2020). One of the founders of the Social Convergence party. Social and Cultural Anthropologist, Julieta Brodsky will head the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage. He holds a master’s degree in Anthropology with a major in Urban Anthropology. Research Director of the Observatory of Cultural Policies (OPC). And finally, the Biologist and PhD at the Karolinska Institute (Sweden), Flavio Andrés Salazar will lead the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation. He was also Vice-Rector for Research and Development University of Chile.

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