President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018
Michelle Bachelet
Bachelet during her role at the U.N., 2020
7th United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
In office 1 September 2018 – 31 August 2022
Deputy
Kate Gilmore
Secretary-General
António Guterres
Preceded by
Zeid Raad Al Hussein
Succeeded by
Volker Türk[1]
33rd and 35th President of Chile
In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2018
Preceded by
Sebastián Piñera
Succeeded by
Sebastián Piñera
In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2010
Preceded by
Ricardo Lagos
Succeeded by
Sebastián Piñera
President pro tempore of the Pacific Alliance
In office 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2017
Preceded by
Ollanta Humala
Succeeded by
Juan Manuel Santos
Executive Director of UN Women
In office 14 September 2010 – 15 March 2013
Deputy
Lakshmi Puri
Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Lakshmi Puri (acting)
President pro tempore of UNASUR
In office 23 May 2008 – 10 August 2009
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Rafael Correa
Minister for National Defense
In office 7 January 2002 – 1 October 2004
President
Ricardo Lagos
Preceded by
Mario Fernández Baeza
Succeeded by
Jaime Ravinet
Minister for Health
In office 11 March 2000 – 7 January 2002
President
Ricardo Lagos
Preceded by
Álex Figueroa
Succeeded by
Osvaldo Artaza
Personal details
Born
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
(1951-09-29) 29 September 1951 (age 72) Santiago, Chile
Political party
Socialist
Other political affiliations
Concertación (1988–2013) Nueva Mayoría (2013–2018)
Spouse
Jorge Dávalos Cartes
(m. 1978; separation 1984)
Children
3
Parents
Alberto Bachelet (father)
Ángela Jeria (mother)
Education
University of Chile (MD)
Profession
Paediatrician / Public Health Physician
Signature
Website
michellebachelet.cl
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria[a] (Spanish:[βeˈɾonikamiˈʃelβaʃeˈleˈxeɾja]; born 29 September 1951[2]) is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022.[3] She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018 for the Socialist Party of Chile. She is the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency. After leaving the presidency in 2010 and before becoming eligible for re-election, she was appointed as the first executive director of the newly established United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.[4] In December 2013, Bachelet was re-elected with over 62% of the vote, surpassing the 54% she received in 2006. She was the first President of Chile to be re-elected since 1932.[5] Bachelet, a physician who has studied military strategy at the university level, previously served as the Health Minister and Defense Minister under her predecessor, Ricardo Lagos. She is a separated mother of three and identifies as an agnostic.[6] In addition to her native Spanish, she speaks English fluently and has some proficiency in German, French, and Portuguese.[7][8]
^"Austria's Turk appointed UN human rights chief". CNA. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.[permanent dead link]
^"Certficado de Nacimiento" [Birth certificate] (PDF). Dirección Nacional del Registro Civil Nacional de la República de Chile. 3 October 1951. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 February 2021.
^"Michelle Bachelet será la nueva Alta Comisionada de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos" [Michelle Bachelet will be the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights]. Noticias ONU (in Spanish). 8 August 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^"15 women leading the way for girls' education". www.globalpartnership.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^"Michelle Bachelet: primera mujer presidenta y primer presidente reelecto desde 1932" [Michelle Bachelet: first female president and first re-elected president since 1932]. Facebook. 16 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^"Bachelet critica a la derecha por descalificarla por ser agnóstica" [Bachelet criticises the political right for discounting her because of her agnosticism] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 30 December 2005. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^"Biografía Michelle Bachelet" [Michelle Bachelet biography]. Gobierno de Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
^"Biographical Sketch: Michelle Bachelet". UN Women. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
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