Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet


35th President of Chile
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2014
Preceded by	Sebastián Piñera
In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2010
Preceded by	Ricardo Lagos
Succeeded by	Sebastián Piñera
Executive Director of UN Women
In office 14 September 2010 – 15 March 2013
Secretary-General	Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lakshmi Puri (Acting)
President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations
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
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 (1951-09-29) September 29, 1951 (age 65) Santiago, Chile
Political party	Socialist
Other political affiliations	Concertación (1988–2013) Nueva Mayoría (2013–present)
Spouse(s)	Jorge Dávalos Cartes (1979–1984)
Children	Sebastián Francisca Sofía
Alma mater	University of Chile
Signature
Website	Official website

The Bachelet Cabinet
Office	Name	Party	Term

President	Michelle Bachelet	PS	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 11, 2010

Interior	Andrés Zaldívar	DC	Mar. 11, 2006–Jul. 14, 2006
	Belisario Velasco (resigned)	DC	Jul. 14, 2006–Jan. 4, 2008
	Edmundo Pérez Yoma	DC	Jan. 8, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Foreign Affairs	Alejandro Foxley	DC	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 13, 2009
Foreign Affairs	Mariano Fernández	DC	Mar. 13, 2009–Mar. 11, 2010

Defense	Vivianne Blanlot	PPD	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 27, 2007
	José Goñi	PPD	Mar. 27, 2007–Mar. 12, 2009
	Francisco Vidal	PPD	Mar. 12, 2009–Mar. 11, 2010

Finance	Andrés Velasco	Ind.	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 11, 2010

Gen. Sec. of the Presidency	Paulina Veloso	PS	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 27, 2007
Gen. Sec. of the Presidency	José Antonio Viera-Gallo	PS	Mar. 27, 2007–Mar. 10, 2010

Gen. Sec. of Government	Ricardo Lagos Weber	PPD	Mar. 11, 2006–Dec. 6, 2007
	Francisco Vidal	PPD	Dec. 6, 2007–Mar. 12, 2009
	Carolina Tohá (resigned)	PPD	Mar. 12, 2009–Dec. 14, 2009
	Pilar Armanet	PPD	Dec. 18, 2009–Mar. 11, 2010

Economy	Ingrid Antonijevic	PPD	Mar. 11, 2006–Jul. 14, 2006
	Alejandro Ferreiro	DC	Jul. 14, 2006–Jan. 8, 2008
	Hugo Lavados	DC	Jan. 8, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Social Development	Clarisa Hardy	PS	Mar. 11, 2006–Jan. 8, 2008
Social Development	Paula Quintana	PS	Jan. 8, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Education	Martín Zilic	DC	Mar. 11, 2006–Jul. 14, 2006
	Yasna Provoste (impeached)	DC	Jul. 14, 2006–Apr. 3, 2008
	René Cortázar (interim)	DC	Apr. 3, 2008–Apr. 18, 2008
	Mónica Jiménez	DC	Apr. 18, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Justice	Isidro Solís	PRSD	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 27, 2007
Justice	Carlos Maldonado	PRSD	Mar. 27, 2007–Mar. 11, 2010

Labor	Osvaldo Andrade (resigned)	PS	Mar. 11, 2006–Dec. 10, 2008
Labor	Claudia Serrano	PS	Dec. 15, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Public Works	Eduardo Bitrán	PPD	Mar. 11, 2006–Jan. 11, 2008
Public Works	Sergio Bitar	PPD	Jan. 11, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Health	María Soledad Barría (resigned)	PS	Mar. 11, 2006–Oct. 28, 2008
Health	Álvaro Erazo	PS	Nov. 6, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Housing & Urbanism	Patricia Poblete	DC	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 11, 2010

Agriculture	Álvaro Rojas	DC	Mar. 11, 2006–Jan. 8, 2008
Agriculture	Marigen Hornkohl	DC	Jan. 8, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Mining	Karen Poniachik	Ind.	Mar. 11, 2006–Jan. 8, 2008
Mining	Santiago González	PRSD	Jan. 8, 2008–Mar. 11, 2010

Transport & Telecom	Sergio Espejo	DC	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 27, 2007
Transport & Telecom	René Cortázar	DC	Mar. 27, 2007–Mar. 11, 2010

National Assets	Romy Schmidt	PPD	Mar. 11, 2006–Jan. 6, 2010
National Assets	Jacqueline Weinstein	PPD	Jan. 6, 2010–Mar. 11, 2010

Energy	Karen Poniachik	Ind.	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 29, 2007
Energy	Marcelo Tokman	PPD	Mar. 29, 2007–Mar. 11, 2010

Environment	Ana Lya Uriarte	PS	Mar. 27, 2007–Mar. 11, 2010

Women	Laura Albornoz	DC	Mar. 11, 2006–Oct. 20, 2009
Women	Carmen Andrade	PS	Oct. 20, 2009–Mar. 11, 2010

Culture & the Arts	Paulina Urrutia	Ind.	Mar. 11, 2006–Mar. 11, 2010

Presidential styles of Michelle Bachelet

Reference style	Su Excelencia, la Presidenta de la República. "Her Excellency, the President of the Republic"
Spoken style	Presidenta de Chile. "President of Chile"
Alternative style	Señora Presidenta. "Madam President"

The Bachelet Cabinet
Office	Name	Party	Term

President	Michelle Bachelet	PS	Mar. 11, 2014–

Interior	Rodrigo Peñailillo	PPD	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
	Jorge Burgos	PDC	May 11, 2015–Jun. 8, 2016
	Mario Fernández	PDC	Jun. 8, 2016–

Foreign Affairs	Heraldo Muñoz	PPD	Mar. 11, 2014–

Defense	Jorge Burgos	PDC	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
Defense	José Antonio Gómez	PRSD	May 11, 2015–

Finance	Alberto Arenas	PS	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
Finance	Rodrigo Valdés	PPD	May 11, 2015–

Gen. Sec. of the Presidency	Ximena Rincón	PDC	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
	Jorge Insunza (resigned)	PPD	May 11, 2015–Jun. 7, 2015
	Patricia Silva (interim)	PS	Jun. 7, 2015–Jun. 27, 2015
	Nicolás Eyzaguirre	PPD	Jun. 27, 2015–

Gen. Sec. of Government	Álvaro Elizalde	PS	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
	Marcelo Díaz	PS	May 11, 2015–Nov. 18, 2016
	Paula Narváez	PS	Nov. 18, 2016–

Economy	Luis Felipe Céspedes	PDC	Mar. 11, 2014–

Social Development	Fernanda Villegas	PS	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
Social Development	Marcos Barraza	PC	May 11, 2015–

Education	Nicolás Eyzaguirre	PPD	Mar. 11, 2014–Jun. 27, 2015
Education	Adriana Delpiano	PPD	Jun. 27, 2015–

Justice	José Antonio Gómez	PRSD	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
	Javiera Blanco	Ind.	May 11, 2015–Oct. 19, 2016
	Jaime Campos	PRSD	Oct. 19, 2016–

Labor	Javiera Blanco	Ind.	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
	Ximena Rincón	PDC	May 11, 2015–Nov. 18, 2016
	Alejandra Krauss	PDC	Nov. 18, 2016–

Public Works	Alberto Undurraga	PDC	Mar. 11, 2014–

Health	Helia Molina (resigned)	PPD	Mar. 11, 2014–Dec. 30, 2014
	Jaime Burrows (interim)	PDC	Dec. 30, 2014–Jan. 23, 2015
	Carmen Castillo	Ind.	Jan. 23, 2015–

Housing & Urbanism	Paulina Saball	PPD	Mar. 11, 2014–

Agriculture	Carlos Furche	PS	Mar. 11, 2014–

Mining	Aurora Williams	PRSD	Mar. 11, 2014–

Transport & Telecom	Andrés Gómez-Lobo	PPD	Mar. 11, 2014–

National Assets	Víctor Osorio	IC	Mar. 11, 2014–Oct. 19, 2016
National Assets	Nivia Palma	IC	Oct. 19, 2016–

Energy	Máximo Pacheco	PS	Mar. 11, 2014–Oct. 19, 2016
Energy	Andrés Rebolledo	PPD	Oct. 19, 2016–

Environment	Pablo Badenier	PDC	Mar. 11, 2014–

Women	Claudia Pascual	PC	Mar. 11, 2014–

Culture & the Arts	Claudia Barattini	Ind.	Mar. 11, 2014–May 11, 2015
Culture & the Arts	Ernesto Ottone	Ind.	May 11, 2015–

Sports	Natalia Riffo	MAS	Mar. 11, 2014–Nov. 18, 2016
Sports	Pablo Squella	Ind.	Nov. 18, 2016–

Presidential styles of Michelle Bachelet

Reference style	Su Excelencia, la Presidenta de la República. "Her Excellency, the President of the Republic"
Spoken style	Presidenta de Chile. "President of Chile"
Alternative style	Señora Presidenta. "Madam President"

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (Spanish pronunciation: [beˈɾonika miˈtʃel βatʃeˈle ˈxeɾja]; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who has been President of Chile since 11 March 2014. She was previously president from 2006 to 2010, becoming the first woman in her country to do so. After leaving the presidency and while not immediately re-electable, she was appointed the first executive director of the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). In December 2013, Bachelet was re-elected president with over 62% of the vote, bettering the 53.5% she obtained in 2006. She is the first person since 1932 to win the presidency of Chile twice in competitive elections.

Bachelet, a physician with studies in military strategy, was Health Minister and Defense Minister under her predecessor, Ricardo Lagos. She is a separated mother of three and describes herself as an agnostic. Aside from her native Spanish, she also speaks, with varying levels of fluency, English, German, Portuguese and French. She is a member of the Socialist Party of Chile.

Bachelet is the second child of archaeologist Ángela Jeria Gômez and Air Force Brigadier General Alberto Bachelet Martínez. Bachelet’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Louis-Joseph Bachelet Lapierre, was a French wine merchant from Chassagne-Montrachet who emigrated to Chile with his Parisian wife, Françoise Jeanne Beault, in 1860; he was hired as a wine-making expert by the Subercaseaux vineyards in southern Santiago. Bachelet Lapierre’s son, Germán, was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1862, and married in 1891 to Luisa Brandt Cadot, a Chilean of French and Swiss descent, giving birth in 1894 to Alberto Bachelet Brandt. Bachelet’s maternal great-grandfather, Máximo Jeria Chacón, of Spanish (Basque region) and Greek heritage, was the first person to receive a degree in agronomic engineering in Chile and founded several agronomy schools in the country. He married Lely Johnson, the daughter of an English physician working in Chile. Their son, Máximo Jeria Johnson, married Angela Gómez Zamora. Their union produced five children, the fourth of whom is Bachelet’s mother.

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