Blanca Eekhout

Blanca Eekhout
Minister for Women and Gender Equality
Assumed office
1 October 2016
President Nicolás Maduro
Preceded by Gladys Requena
Second Vice President of the National Assembly
In office
5 January 2011 – 5 January 2015
Deputy of the National Assembly
In office
5 January 2011 – 5 January 2016
Personal details
Born 6 January 1968
Acarigua, Portuguesa, Venezuela
Political party United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)

Blanca Rosa Eekhout Gómez (born 6 January 1968) is a Venezuelan politician who has been Minister for Women and Gender Equality since 2016. She was Minister of Communication and Information between 2009 and 2010, and held the position as Second Vice President of the National Assembly during the 2011-2015 legislative period. She has also been president of VTV and ViVe and was cofounder of Catia TVe.[1]

Biography

She underwent elementary education at the José Antonio Páez school in her home city of Acarigua, and graduated from the Central University of Venezuela with a Bachelor of Arts specialized in Cinema.[2][3] She entered the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), becoming close to president Hugo Chávez. She succeeded Jesse Chacón in serving as Minister of Communication and Information from 16 April 2009 until 2010.[4][5]

In 2010 she was elected by her party to lead the candidacy in Portuguesa for the 2010 parliamentary elections, where she was elected as deputy. After holding her seat in 2011 she was designated as Second Vice President of the Assembly until January 2015.[6] She is national coordinator of the Great Patriotic Pole and sectorial vice president of Alliances and Social Movements of the PSUV.[7] In 2016 she was named as Minister for Women and Gender Equality.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Blanca Eekhout: PSUV debe ser instrumento de luchas". La Radio del Sur. 18 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Biografía | Blanca Eekhout Gómez". PSUV. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Colmenares, María Gabriela (2005). Diversidad en los estudios cinematográficos (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Humanidades. ISBN 9789800022450. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Blanca Eekhout, nueva ministra de Comunicación de Venezuela" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Blanca Eekhout presidirá el Ministerio de la Mujer". 2001. 1 October 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Blanca Eekhout asume el Ministerio de la Mujer en sustitución de Gladys Requena" (in Spanish). Noticias24. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. ↑ CAMPOS, YAREXI ÁLVAREZ (1 October 2016). "Estos son los perfiles de los nuevos cinco ministros" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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