Forty-first session of ECLAC

Co-Chair of the ECLAC Commission on Geopolitics, Globalization and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Physician and politician. First woman President of the Republic of Chile. She served as President from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010, and from 11 March 2014 to 11 March 2018. She served as Minister of Health and Minister of National Defense of Chile. She was Executive Director of UN Women and United Nations Under-Secretary-General. She served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.