Otilia Lux Explained

Office:Minister of Culture and Sports
Birth Date:1949 1, df=y
Birth Place:Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
Termstart:14 January 2000
Termend:14 January 2004
President:Alfonso Portillo
Party:Encuentro por Guatemala
Education:Rafael Landívar University

Otilia Lux de Cotí is a Guatemalan social leader and politician.

Early life

Otilia Lux de Cotí was born in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala on 21 January 1949.

Career

Lux was a member of Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission, charged with investigating the human rights violations committed during the Central American nation's 30-year-long civil war. She was the only womsn on the commission.[1]

Lux was later chosen to serve as Minister of Culture and Sport in the cabinet of President Alfonso Portillo. She was a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations, and she served on UNESCO's Executive Board for the 2004 - 2007 period.[2] [3] [4]

In the 9 September 2007 general election, she was elected to Congress as a national list deputy for the Encuentro por Guatemala party.http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2007/septiembre/11/182190.html

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Williams . J. S. . 2017-01-04 . Otilia Lux de Coti . 2024-10-12 . Women In Peace . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2021-09-03 . Otilia Lux de Cotí: activist for the human rights of women and indigenous peoples in Guatemala. . 2024-10-12 . UN Women – Americas and the Caribbean . en.
  3. Web site: DomínguezMunllonch . Montse . 2022-01-31 . Social Activist. Otilia Lux de Cotí⁠ . 2024-10-12 . 2024 . en.
  4. Web site: Ms. Otilia Lux de Coti .