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 Michelle Bachelet was President of Chile from 2006 to 2010, and was the first woman to hold the position. A moderate Socialist, her presidential campaign was based on a platform of continuing Chile's free market policies, while increasing social benefits to help reduce the country's gap between rich and poor, one of the largest in the world.
In September, 2010, Ms. Bachelet was appointed Under-Secretary-General for UN Women, the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
In 2007, Forbes magazine ranked her as 27th in the list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. Prior to becoming President, Bachelet served as Minister of Health and Minister of Defense (the first Latin American woman to hold the post) under President Ricardo Largos. Bachelet has also worked for the Pan-American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, and Chile’s National AIDS Commission.
Bachelet is a surgeon, pediatrician, and epidemiologist, and has a Master’s degree in Military Science. Bachelet has three children and speaks Spanish, English, French, German, and Portuguese.
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