Yasna Provoste
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| Born | December 16, 1969 Santiago, Chile, Chile |
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| Residence | Santiago, Chile, Chile |
Yasna Provoste Campillay (born December 16, 1969) is a Chilean teacher and Christian Democrat politician. She was governor of the Huasco Province (1997-2001), intendant of the Atacama Region (2001-04), minister of Planning (2004-06) and minister of Education (2006-08). She is the first minister to be impeached by Congress since democracy returned to Chile in 1990.
[edit] Impeachment trial
Provoste was impeached as minister of Education by the Chamber of Deputies on April 3, 2008 and was suspended from her post. The Senate heard her case on April 15, 2008 and voted to convict her the following day on one out of five counts. She was immediately removed from office and disqualified from office for the following five years.
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| Preceded by Andrés Palma |
Minister of Planning 2004-2006 |
Succeeded by Clarisa Hardy |
| Preceded by Martín Zilic |
Minister of Education 2006-2008 |
Succeeded by Mónica Jiménez |
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