Otilia Lux
Otilia Lux de Cotí is a Guatemalan social leader and politician.
Otilia Lux | |
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Minister of Culture and Sports | |
In office 14 January 2000 – 14 January 2004 | |
President | Alfonso Portillo |
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Born | Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala | 21 January 1949
Political party | Encuentro por Guatemala |
Education | Rafael Landívar University |
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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 2004–2007 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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