Romy María Schmidt Crnosija (born November 18, 1965) is a lawyer, academic, researcher and

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an politician. She was the Minister of National Assets for President

Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...

from March 11, 2006, until January 6, 2010. She is a member of the Party for Democracy (PPD), and is married to the sociologist and politician, Antonio Leal.

Education

Schmidt studied at the Liceo Manuel de Salas in

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. She received a law degree from the

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(1994) and obtained a master's degree in Disability at the

University of Salamanca The University of Salamanca () is a public university, public research university in Salamanca, Spain. Founded in 1218 by Alfonso IX of León, King Alfonso IX, it is the oldest university in the Hispanic world and the fourth oldest in the ...

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(1997).

Career

From 1997 to 2005, Schmidt was a professor of

labor law Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship be ...

courses at the School of Civil Engineering of the

, and professor of disability legislation in the School of Occupational Therapy at the Universidad Mayor. Between 1998 and 1999, Schmidt served as an external consultant of the

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(ILO). In 2004, Schmidt was both adviser to the Ministry General Secretariat of Government and Vice President of the National Board of Kindergarten Schools (JUNJI). After Schmidt's ministry was over, she was appointed by Bachelet in early 2010 as the first director of the

Museum of Memory and Human Rights The Museum of Memory and Human Rights (in Spanish: ''Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos'') is a museum in Santiago, Chile, which commemorates the victims of human rights violations during the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet ...

References

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