Gisela López
Gisela López | |
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Minister of Communication | |
In office 23 January 2017 – 23 January 2019 | |
President | Evo Morales |
Preceded by | Marianela Paco |
Succeeded by | Manuel Canelas |
Vice Minister of Municipal and Departmental Autonomies | |
In office 18 June 2013 – 2 February 2015 | |
President | Evo Morales |
Preceded by | Gregorio Aro |
Succeeded by | Emilio Rodas |
Personal details | |
Born | Gisela Karina López Rivas 1968 (age 55–56) Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
Political party | Movement for Socialism |
Alma mater | Evangelical Bolivian University |
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Gisela Karina López Rivas (born 1968) is a Bolivian journalist and politician who served as minister of communication from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Movement for Socialism, she previously served as vice minister of municipal and departmental autonomies from 2013 to 2015.
Biography
[edit]Gisela López was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in 1968. She began her education in 1974, completing a baccalaureate in her hometown in 1985. In 1986, she entered the Evangelical Bolivian University to study social communication, graduating as a journalist in 1991.[1]
Over ten years, López dedicated herself to print media. In 2004, she received the National Journalism Award for her report Etnias en extinción.[2] The Evangelical Bolivian University also presented her with a career recognition award in 2017.[1]
López ventured into television and radio, carrying out critical and investigative journalism.
Vice Minister of Autonomy (2013–2015)
[edit]On 18 June 2013, the Minister of Autonomy, Claudia Peña Claros , named Gisela López as her vice minister. López held the position until 2 February 2015, when she was replaced by Emilio Rodas.[3]
Minister of Communications of Bolivia (2017–2019)
[edit]On 23 January 2017, President Evo Morales appointed López Minister of Communications , replacing Marianela Paco.[4]
She remained in charge of the ministry for two years, until she was succeeded as minister by Manuel Canelas on 23 January 2019.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ministra de Comunicación recibe reconocimiento de Universidad Boliviana Evangélica" [Minister of Communications Receives Recognition from Evangelical Bolivian University]. Hoybolivia (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. ABI. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Mabel Azcui gana el Premio Nacional de Periodismo de Bolivia" [Mabel Azcui Wins the National Journalism Award of Bolivia]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 12 December 2004. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Alanoca, Jesús (2 February 2015). "Rodas asume como nuevo 'vice' de Autonomías" [Rodas Takes Over as New 'Deputy' of Autonomy]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Gisela López, primera cruceña que es ministra de comunicación" [Gisela López, First From Santa Cruz to be Minister of Communications]. El Día (in Spanish). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Cambara, Pablo (25 January 2019). "Canelas da por cerrado el tema de la encuesta a favor de Evo Morales" [Canelas Closes the Subject of the Survey in Favor of Evo Morales]. El Deber (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1968 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Bolivian politicians
- 21st-century Bolivian women politicians
- Bolivian journalists
- Bolivian women journalists
- Communication ministers of Bolivia
- Deputy government ministers of Bolivia
- Evo Morales administration cabinet members
- Evo Morales administration personnel
- Movimiento al Socialismo politicians
- People from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Women government ministers of Bolivia