Nemecia Achacollo
| Nemecia Achacollo Tola | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Rural Development and Lands | |
| In office January 2010 – Incumbent | |
| Minister | Evo Morales |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1967 Yapacaní, Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
| Nationality | Bolivian |
| Political party | Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples |
| Spouse(s) | Adalberto Barboza Céspedes |
| Children | 3 daughters, 1 son |
| Occupation | Peasant union leader |
Nemecia Achacollo Tola, or Nemecia Achacollo, is the Bolivian Minister of Rural Development and past president of the Bartolina Sisa National Federation of Campesino Women of Bolivia. She was appointed to the Ministry by President Evo Morales in January 2010, following a long career of union leadership in her native Santa Cruz.[1] She is the second daughter of agricultural migrants to Yapacaní from Oruro.[1] She became departmental leader of the Bartolina Sisa federation for Santa Cruz in 2001; departmental leader of the Movement for Socialism on May 1, 2003; and Executive Secretary of the national Bartolina Sisa federation in 2004.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gabinete de ministros - Ministra de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras". Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
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