Zulma Yugar (born January 6, 1952 in

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) is a

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n politician and

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with international recognition and influence. She has served as Minister of Culture of Bolivian President

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' second term. Yugar served on the jury for the

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program

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and is credited by her friend Mr. R. Albro with lobbying successfully for the Oruro Carnival to be proclaimed a masterpiece in 2001. Yugar has been Director for the Promotion of Culture within the Ministry of Culture, President of the Bolivian Association of Artists and Musicians, and President of the Bolivian National Council of Popular and Traditional Culture. She has received numerous awards and is a

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Discography

*Embrujo Lyra 1969 * Joya Del Folklore 1974 * Piel Morena 1981 *Kutimuy 1982 *Zulma Yugar 1982 *Zulma 1984 *Zulma Yugar 1986 *Abriendo Brecha 1988 *Imillita 1988 *Compartiendo Talentos 1990 *K´oli Pankarita - Dulce Florcita 1991 *Zulma Yugar / Gerardo Arias* - Nosotros 1995 *Zulma* Y Gerardo* - Primero Lo Nuestro 2001 *Zulma Yugar Interpreta A Rafael Arias* 2012

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External links

Wilson García Mérida, ''La artística historia de Zulma Yugar'', Los Tiempos, October 22, 2006
- in Spanish

Zulma Yugar official website
1952 births Living people 20th-century Bolivian women singers 21st-century Bolivian politicians 21st-century Bolivian women politicians Bolivian folk singers Culture ministers of Bolivia People from Oruro, Bolivia Women government ministers of Bolivia {{Bolivia-singer-stub