Name Nila Heredia Nationality Bolivian | Succeeded by Walter Selum Preceded by Sonia Polo | |
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Occupation Medical school docent, Administrator | ||
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Nila Heredia Miranda (born in Uyuni, PotosÃ) is a former medical school anatomy professor and administrator, former leftist militant, and Bolivia's Minister of Health and Sports, a position she has occupied twice.
In the 1970s, Heredia was a member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party of Bolivia and the National Liberation Army during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer. She was detained by government forces on 2 April 1976, and according to a petition filed with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, tortured in the prefectural headquarters in Cochabamba and held in Viacha prison.
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