Elizabeth "Lizi" Azcona Bocock, (born October 5, 1969 in

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), is the

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in the cabinet of

president

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Background

The eldest daughter of former president José Azcona (QDDG) and Miriam Bocock de Azcona, Elizabeth Azcona received her primary and secondary education at the Elvel School of

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before going on to the

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in the

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to earn a

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, with a minor in

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. From 1990 to 2001, Azcona worked in the Bank Atlantida in the area of generation of businesses and evaluation of credits. From 2001 to 2003, she was a Risk Analyst for

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. She took a position as professor at the

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, conducting classes on finances and formulation of projects, while at the same time working with the Inter-American Corporation of Investments (CII), an arm of the

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(I.A.D.B.). In January 2006, Azcona left her position in the CII to become Minister of Industry and Commerce. Azcona is married to

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Jorge Valladares, with whom she has two children.

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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Azcona Bocock, Elizabeth Living people 1969 births People from Atlántida Department Mendoza College of Business alumni Government ministers of Honduras 21st-century Honduran women politicians 21st-century Honduran politicians Women government ministers of Honduras