Michelle bachelet biography cortal

Michelle Bachelet, who became the first female president of Chile on 15 January 2006, was born in the Chilean capital of Santiago on 29 September 1951.

Her father, Alberto Bachelet (1922–1974), had been an important figure in the government of Salvador Allende, and he was arrested after the 1973 coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, and he died in prison in 1974. In January 1975 both Michelle and her mother, Ángela Jeria, were arrested and tortured for their allegiances to the Socialist Party.

Michelle bachelet biography cortal

After they were released they went into exile in Australia and Germany, but maintained allegiance to the Socialist Party.

In 1979 Bachelet returned home to Chile, and in 1982 she completed her medical training at the University of Chile.

Although the political allegiances of her family made it difficult for her to secure employment, she eventually found work at a medical clinic that specialized in treating those who had been tortured under Pinochet. She lat