- María Chacón Rendón
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María Cecilia Chacón Rendón is a Bolivian lawyer, political scientist and the former Minister of Defense.[1] As of taking office on 6 April 2011, she became the first woman to occupy that office. She served as General Director of Multilateral Relations (Spanish: Directora General de Relaciones Multilaterales) and Chief of Cabinet for the Vice Ministry of Foreign Economic and Commercial Relations (Spanish: Jefa de Gabinete del Viceministerio Relaciones Económicas y Comercio Exterior) in the Foreign Ministry under President Evo Morales.[2] She also worked in the Water Ministry.[3]
She resigned from the post of Minister of Defense during the 2011 Bolivian protests in reaction to the governments violent crackdown on demonstrators opposed to a highway project in a national park.
References
- ^ "María Chacón, primera ministra de Defensa". Los Tiempos. 2011-04-07. http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20110407/maria-chacon-primera-ministra-de-defensa_120457_240283.html. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ "María Chacón, primera ministra de Defensa". Los Tiempos. 2011-04-07. http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20110407/maria-chacon-primera-ministra-de-defensa_120457_240283.html. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ "Marcha indígena se encuentra en territorio cochabambino". El Diario. 2006-11-14. http://www.eldiario.net/noticias/2006/2006_11/nt061114/5nal.php?pag=5_15nal.html. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
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