Tomasa Yarhui | |
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Minister Without Portfolio for Peasant Affairs and Indigenous Peoples | |
In office 5 March 2002 – 6 August 2002 | |
President | Jorge Quiroga |
Preceded by | Wigberto Rivero |
Succeeded by | Silvia Amparo Velarde Olmos |
Personal details | |
Born | Tomasa Yarhui Jacomé 7 March 1968 Manca Jallpa, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia |
Political party | |
Relatives | Yesenia Yarhui (niece) |
Alma mater | University of San Francisco Xavier |
Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Tomasa Yarhui Jacomé (born 7 March 1968) is a Bolivian lawyer and politician. She became the country's first indigenous government minister when she occupied the portfolio of Peasant Affairs and Indigenous Peoples during the government of President Jorge Quiroga on 5 March 2002.[1]