Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean,at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues,called moai,which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995,UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site,with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018 for the Socialist Party of Chile. She is the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency. After leaving the presidency in 2010 and before becoming eligible for re-election,she was appointed as the first executive director of the newly established United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In December 2013,Bachelet was re-elected with over 62% of the vote,surpassing the 54% she received in 2006. She was the first President of Chile to be re-elected since 1932.
Easter Island was traditionally ruled by a monarchy,with a king as its leader.
Adriana Delpiano Puelma is a Chilean politician. From 27 June 2015 to 11 March 2018 she was the Minister of Education of Chile in the cabinet of Michelle Bachelet. Formerly,she was Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region. She received a degree in Social Work from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile,and earned her Masters of Education Science from the Center for Advanced Studies in Mexico.
Melania Carolina Hotu Hey is a Rapa Nui Chilean politician. She has served as the provincial governor of Easter Island,in Chilean Polynesia,in the first and second governments of Michelle Bachelet.
The flag of Easter Island is the flag of Easter Island,a special territory of Chile. It was first flown in public alongside the national flag on 9 May 2006.
Father Sebastian Englert OFM Cap.,was a Capuchin Franciscan friar,Roman Catholic priest,missionary,linguist and ethnologist from Germany. He is known for his pioneering work on Easter Island,where the Father Sebastian Englert Anthropological Museum is named after him.
Carmen Cardinali Paoa is a Rapa Nui Chilean professor. She served as the governor of Easter Island in the government of president Sebastián Piñera,between 2010 and 2014.
The Nueva Mayoría,also translated in English as New Majority,was a Chilean centre-left electoral coalition from 2013 to 2018,composed mainly of centre-left political parties supporting the presidential candidacy of Michelle Bachelet in the 2013 election.
Ángela Margarita Jeria Gómez was a Chilean archaeologist. Mother of the President of Chile Michelle Bachelet,she was the wife of the Chilean Air Force Brigadier General Alberto Bachelet,who died after being tortured during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Jeria served informally in the role of first lady during the first Bachelet government,accompanying her daughter to several official functions. Her official protocolary role was "Director of the Sociocultural Area of the Presidency".
Siméon or Timeone Riro ʻa Kāinga Rokoroko He Tau was the last ‘ariki (king) of Rapa Nui from 1892 until his death. He ruled the island during a brief period of indigenous autonomy between Chile's initial annexation in 1888 and the country's reassertion of colonial authority in 1896. Riro died unexpectedly during a diplomatic trip to Chile to discuss the island's sovereignty with colonial authorities,leading to suspicions that he had been poisoned.
Lynn Jaime Rapu Tuki is a Chilean promoter of the arts and traditions of the Rapa Nui People and head-teacher and founder of the Ma'aranui Cultural Academy and the Cultural Ballet Kari Kari. He is Cultural Ambassador of Asia-Pacific and has been Head of the Liaison Office of the National Council of Culture and the Arts.
Aurora Elvira Williams Baussa is a Chilean business engineer. She was the Chilean Minister of Mining from 11 March 2014 to 11 March 2016. In an August 2023 Cabinet reshuffle,Boric re-appointed Williams as Minister of Mining,where she would replace Marcela Hernando.
Laura Tarita Rapu Alarcón is a Rapa Nui Chilean politician who served as governor of Easter Island from 2018 until her resignation in April 2021.
Valentino Riroroko Tuki was a claimant to the Rapa Nui throne of Easter Island. He was the grandson of the last King Simeón Riro Kāinga,who died in 1899 and belonged to the Miru clan,descendants of the founder and first Ariki Mau of Rapa Nui,the legendary Hotu Matua.
Moisés Jacob Tu‘u Hereveri was elected ‘ariki (king) of Rapa Nui from 1901 until 1902. He was the last Rapa Nui to claim the traditional kingship in the early 20th-century. However,he is not remembered as the last king instead his predecessor Riro Kāinga is generally regarded as the last king,although neither held much power. Variation of his family name included Hereveri,Here Veri,Veri-Veri,Beri-Beri,Tueri-Beri,Tueriveri,or Tueriveri.
Enrique Ika a Tuʻu Hati was elected ‘ariki (king) of Rapa Nui in 1900 and led a failed rebellion. He was one of the last Rapa Nui to claim the traditional kingship in the early 20th-century. However,he is not remembered as the last king instead his predecessor Riro Kāinga is generally regarded as the last king,although neither held much power.
Isla de Pascua Province is a Chilean province,an administrative division located within the Valparaíso Region. It has a 163,6 km²area and a population of 5761 inhabitants. The provincial capital is Hanga Roa. Besides Easter Island,the island comprises the small and uninhabited Isla Salas y Gómez,located hundreds of kilometers east of Easter Island. It is the only Chilean province located in Oceania and has a "special regime" status,with similar attributions to regional governments.
Isla de Pascua is a Chilean commune with a special regime,located within Isla de Pascua Province in Valparaíso Region. It is the only commune in Isla de Pascua Province,comprising Easter Island and Isla Salas y Gómez. Its capital is Hanga Roa,located in the southwestern area of the main island,where most of the local population resides.
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