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FEMALE MINISTERS
OF THE PRESIDENCY
Deputy
Ministers can be found in
Women in governments by country
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1986-88
Administrative Secretary of the Presidency Loris Consuelo Torres
Meija, The Dominican Republic |
| As Administrative
Secretary she was in charge of the running of the office of the
President. |
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1987-?90
Executive Secretary to President Luz Culta Reyes Bakunawa, The
Philippines |
| The
executive secretary is the highest ranking secretary, the office
is placed in the Office of the President. She later became member of
the House of Representatives. |
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1990-96
Administrative Secretary of the Presidency Carmen Rosa Balaguer
Hernandez, The Dominican Republic |
| Daughter of
President Balaguer. |
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1993-94 Secretary of State in the
Presidency Licelott
Marte del Barrios, Dominican Republic |
| Secretary of State for Finance 1992-93
and around 2000 Leader of the Reformists forces |
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1994 and 1999-2003 Minister of the Presidency Ivonne Young Valdéz,
Panama |
| Vice-Minister
of the Presidency 1993-94. As Minister of the Presidency she is in
charge of the day to day running of the government alongside
President Mireya Moscoso, who is Head of the Cabinet. She was
dismissed because her involvement in financial irregularities. |
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1994-95
Minister of the Presidency Maria Luisa Federici Soto, Peru |
| Since 1996
Ambassador to France and UNESCO. She was in charge of the running
of the office of the President, and Peru also have a President of
the Council of Ministers who runs the daily affairs of the government together
with the President. |
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1999-2000
Secretary of State of the Presidency Alejandrina Germán,
Dominican Republic |
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From
2004 Secretary of State of Education,
Culture and Worship
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2000-07
Federal Chancellor Annemarie Huber-Hotz, Switzerland |
| Secretary General for the National Assembly 1992-99. As Bundeskanzlerin/Chancellière de la Confédération/Cancelliera
della Confederazione she has the rang of a Federal Counciller and
is the Chief of Staff, Secretary General, advisor and coordinator
of the government business, an important post, since the
presidency rotates every year between the Government Councillors.
(b. 1948-). |
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2000
Minister of the Presidency María Luisa Alvarado Barrantes,
Peru |
Vice-Minister
of Regional Development in the Ministry of the Presidency
until her appointment as Minister. |
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2002-03
Minister of the Presidency Rina Maria Contreras López, Costa Rica |
| Vice-President
of the National Assembly 1998-2000 and President
2000-02 and from 2001 President of Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.
As Minister of the Presidency she is the senior minister in the
government. (b.1950-). |
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2002-
Secretary of the Presidency Azucena Castilla
de Solano,
Nicaragua |
| The
secretary of the President is a Cabinet Rank Minister who
runs the daily affairs of the government. 1997-2002
Vice-Minister of Economy and Development, and Executive
Secretary of the Social Emergence Inversion Fund 2002-05
and Minister of
Promotion, Industry and Commerce
from 2005. Her
full name is Lic.
Haydée Azucena Castilla
Barquero
de Solano. |
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2003
Minister Secretary-General and Chief of the Civil Cabinet of the
Presidency Dra. Stella Samaniego, Paraguay |
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2003-04 Minister of the Presidency Mirna Esther
Pitti De O'Donnell, Panama |
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Manager of a number of private companies before she
was appopinted as head of the administration of the cabinet by
President Mireya Moscoso. (b.
1951-). |
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2004-06
Minister of the Presidency Lineth Saborío Chaverri, Costa Rica |
| As
Vice-President since 2004, she has held various Cabinet
Positions.
At 23rd. of June 2003
President Abel Pacheco de la Espriella (b. 1933-) went on one week's
sick-leave and surrendered
his power temporarily to her
(b. 1962-) |
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2005-
Minister and Secretary General of the Presidential Staff
Dilma Vana Linhares Rousseff,
Brazil |
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A former student leader who fought Brazil's
military dictatorship as a guerrilla during the early 1970s
and an economist. Secretary of Mines, Energy and Communication
in the Province of Rio Grande do Sul 1993-94 and
1999-2002. 2003-05 Minister of Mines and
Energy and from 2005 Cabinet Chief (b. 1947-).
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2005- Minister of the President's Office Aneesa Ahmed,
The Maldives |
| Around 1982 Undersecretary to the Executive Secretary of the President and
2002-04 Minister of Gender, Family Development and Social Security. |
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2006-07 Minister-Secretary General of the Presidency
Paulina Veloso Valenzuela,
Chile |
| Subsecretary
of Labour 1990-94, Subdirector of the National Service of Women 1994-97 and
afterwards Professor in Civil Right at the
Universidad de Chile.
She will take office 11. March (b. 1958-). |
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2007-08 Minister of
the Office of the Presidency Erika del Valle Farías Peña, Venezuela |
| Former Vice-Minister of Production and
Minister of Agriculture and Foods 2006-07, Minister of Participation
and Social Affairs from 2008. |
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2008-
Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova, Switzerland |
| Vice-Chancellor 2005-07.
(b. 1956-). |
Last update
05.01.08
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