Nila Heredia

Nila Heredia Miranda
Minister of Health and Sports
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2010
Preceded by	Sonia Polo
Vice Minister of Health and Health Promotion
In office February 2010 – 16 May 2010
Minister of Health and Sports
In office January 2006 – January 2008
Succeeded by	Wálter Selum
Personal details
Born	26 October 1959 (1959-10-26) (age 52) Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
Nationality	Bolivian
Occupation	Medical school docent, Administrator

Nila Heredia Miranda (born in Uyuni, Potosí) is a former medical school docent and administrator, former leftist militant, and Bolivia's Minister of Health and Sports, a position she has occupied twice.^[1]

In the 1970s, Heredia was a member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party of Bolivia and the National Liberation Army during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer.^[2] She was seized by government forces on 2 April 1976, and according to a petition filed with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, tortured in the prefectural headquarters in Cochabamba and held in Viacha prison.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Posesionan a Nila Heredia como Ministra de Salud". Los Tiempos. 2010-05-17. http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/politica/20100517/posesionan-a-nila-heredia-como-ministra-de-salud_70992_131161.html. Retrieved 2011-04-09. 
2. ^ Ministry of the Presidency. Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. "Gabinete de ministros - Ministra de Salud". http://www.presidencia.gob.bo/ministerio.php?min=45. Retrieved 2011-04-09. 
3. ^ Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (6 March 1979). "CASO 2721 BOLIVIA NILA HEREDIA MIRANDA MÉDICA". http://www.cidh.oas.org/annualrep/78sp/Bolivia2721.htm. Retrieved 9 April 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Heredia Miranda, Nilda
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Date of birth	26 October 1959
Place of birth	Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
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