Jeannette Vega
Jeanette Vega | |
|---|---|
Vega in March 2022 | |
| Minister of Social Development | |
| In office 11 March 2022 – 25 August 2022 | |
| President | Gabriel Boric |
| Preceded by | Karla Rubilar |
| Succeeded by | Paula Poblete |
| Undersecretary of Public Health | |
| In office 14 January 2008 – 1 March 2010 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | Lidia Amarales |
| Succeeded by | Liliana Jadue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 October 1957 Santiago, Chile |
| Political party |
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| Children | One |
| Parent(s) | Pedro Vega María Rosa Morales |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
Jeanette del Rosario Vega Morales (born 11 October 1957) is a Chilean politician and physician. Between March and August 2022, she served as Chile's Minister of Social Development and Family. On August 25 of 2022, resigns following a news report that one of her advisers, on her behalf, had contacted a Mapuche indigenous terrorist leader Héctor Llaitul who had called for an armed struggled against the state and who was arrested the day before.