Nila Heredia Miranda
In office 16 May 2010 – 2012Minister Evo Morales Preceded by Sonia Polo Succeeded by Juan Carlos Calvimontes Camargo In office February 2010 – 16 May 2010In office January 2006 – January 2008Succeeded by Wálter Selum
Born (1943-09-21 ) 21 September 1943 (age 81) Uyuni , Potosí , Bolivia Occupation Medical school docent, Administrator
Nila Heredia Miranda (born in Uyuni , Potosí ) is a former medical school anatomy professor and administrator, former leftist militant, and Bolivia's Minister of Health and Sports, a position she has occupied twice.[ 1]
In the 1970s, Heredia was a member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party of Bolivia and the National Liberation Army during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer .[ 2] She was detained by government forces on 2 April 1976, and according to a petition filed with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights , tortured in the prefectural headquarters in Cochabamba and held in Viacha prison.[ 3]
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