María Nela Prada

María Nela Prada Tejada (born 1980) is a Bolivian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of the Presidency since 9 November 2020 during the government of Luis Arce.[1][2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nela and the second or maternal family name is Prada.

María Nela Prada
Minister of the Presidency
Assumed office
9 November 2020
PresidentLuis Arce
Preceded byYerko Núñez
Personal details
Born
María Nela Prada Tejada

1980 (age 40–41)
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Political partyMAS-IPSP
MotherBetty Tejada
FatherRamón Prada Vacadiez

Biography

María Nela Prada was born in 1980 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Her father was Ramón Prada Vacadiez, a politician closely linked to the Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) party who became prefect of the Santa Cruz Department from 1997 to 1999. Her mother was Betty Tejada, a Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) Deputy who held the position of President of the Chamber of Deputies in 2014.[3] Her father was the nephew of Yolanda Prada, who was the wife of President Hugo Banzer.[3]

Minister of the Presidency (2020–preset)

On 9 November 2020, María Nela was appointed Minister of the Presidency by President Luis Arce, becoming the first woman to hold the position.[1] When it was announced on 4 January 2021 that Rogelio Mayta had contracted COVID-19, Prada took office as acting Foreign Minister until Mayta's return on 28 January.[4]

References
  1. "María Nela Prada, la primera mujer que es ministra de la Presidencia". La Razón | Noticias de Bolivia y el Mundo. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. "Ministra de la Presidencia". www.presidencia.gob.bo. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. Castro, Nancy. "La nueva ministra de la Presidencia, María Nela Prada, vista desde los ojos de su madre". eju.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. Bolivia, Opinión. "Prada: "El viejo Estado arrojó gobiernos que expresaban intereses de minorías con la cabeza en el extranjero"". Opinión Bolivia (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by
Yerko Núñez		 Minister of the Presidency
2020-present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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