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It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.


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  • NameMichelle Bachelet
  • Description34th & 36th President of Chile
  • AliasesVerónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
  • BornSeptember 29, 1951
  • CountryChile
  • ProfessionPolitician; Physician; Epidemiologist
  • AwardsForbes Magazine's List Of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Order Of Vytautas The Great; Order Of Australia; Order Of Isabella The Catholic; Doctor Honoris Causa