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Tomasa Yarhui Jacomé
Tomasa Yarhui Jacomé (born 7 March 1968) is a Bolivian lawyer and politician. She became the country's first indigenous government minister when she occupied the portfolio of Peasant Affairs and Indigenous Peoples during the government of President Jorge Quiroga on 5 March 2002. Biography Tomasa Yarhui was born in the Quechua community Manca Jallpa, Chuquisaca Department on 7 March 1968. In 1976, she left the region to study at a school in Sucre, where she said she suffered discrimination "for being a '' campesina'' girl" – for her dress and for her economic condition. This situation forced her to return to her village at age 12 in 1980, and that was when she entered the labor movement. At age 17, in 1985, she was departmental leader with the Bartolina Sisa Confederation, and subsequently made a foray into the Unified Syndical Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia (CSUTCB). She was the youngest leader of the Unified Federation of Campesinos of Chuquisaca. From 1993 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Without Portfolio
A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authority wherein a minister without portfolio, while they may not head any particular office or ministry, may still receive a ministerial salary and has the right to cast a vote in cabinet decisions. Albania In Albania, ''"Minister without portfolio"'' are considered members of the government who generally are not in charge of a special department, do not have headquarters or offices and usually do not have administration or staff. This post of was first introduced in 1918, during the Përmeti II government, otherwise known as the Government of Durrës. The members of this cabinet were referred to as ''Delegatë pa portofol'' (delegate without portfolio). The name "minister" was used two years later, during the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
