Otilia Lux

Otilia Lux de Cotí is a Guatemalan social leader and politician.

Otilia Lux
Official portrait
Minister of Culture and Sports
In office
14 January 2000  14 January 2004
PresidentAlfonso Portillo
Personal details
Born (1949-01-21) 21 January 1949
Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
Political partyEncuentro por Guatemala
EducationRafael Landívar University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • activist

She was a member of that country's Historical Clarification Commission, charged with investigating the human rights violations committed during the Central American nation's 30-year-long civil war. She was later chosen to serve as Minister of Culture and Sport in the cabinet of President Alfonso Portillo. She was a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations, and she served on UNESCO's Executive Board for the 20042007 period.

In the 9 September 2007 general election, she was elected to Congress as a national list deputy for the Encuentro por Guatemala party.


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