Sheila Abed

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Sheila Raquel Abed de Zavala is a Paraguayan lawyer and politician.

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Abed studied law at the National University of Asunción; afterwards she obtained a Master in Environmental Law at the Université de Limoges. [1] She has experience in environmental topics in the framework of the United Nations. [2]

On 15 August 2013 she was sworn in as Minister of Justice and Labor of Paraguay in the cabinet of President Horacio Cartes. [3] In April 2020, alongside international affairs experts Claudia S. de Windt and Maria Amparo Alba, Abed founded the Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability (IIJS) in the city of Washington, D.C., in United States of America where the organization has its headquarters. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "CV of the ministers". HCPresidente.com. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013.(in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Technocrat cabinet in Paraguay". América Economía. 14 August 2013.(in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Cartes' new ministers sworn in". Informador.com.mx. Retrieved 20 August 2013.(in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Founding Members".


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