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Alcira Espinoza Schmidt de Villegas was a Bolivian politician. She was appointed Minister of Labour and Health in 1969. [1] She was the first woman to be cabinet minister of her country.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Stebbins, Richard Poate; Amoia, Alba; Council on Foreign Relations (1970). Political handbook and atlas of the world, 1970 : governments and intergovernmental organizations as of September 1, 1969, with supplementary data through January 1, 1970. Internet Archive. New York : Simon and Schuster, for the Council on Foreign Relations. ISBN   978-0-671-20211-8.