Carmen Castillo Taucher
Carmen Gisele Castillo Taucher (born 1954) is a Chilean surgeon and academic. She was the Minister of Public Health during the second government of Michelle Bachelet.
Carmen Castillo Taucher | |
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| Minister of Public Health of Chile | |
| In office 23 January 2015 – 11 March 2018 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Preceded by | Helia Molina |
| Succeeded by | Emilio Santelices |
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| Born | Carmen Gisele Castillo Taucher 1954 (age 66–67) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Surgeon, politician |
Biography
Carmen Castillo Taucher studied at the University of Chile's Faculty of Medicine, graduating as a surgeon. Later, she completed a Master in Public Health degree with a mention in epidemiology at the same university.[1]
She has worked in the public health system as deputy director of the Dr. Luis Gajardo Guerrero Hospital in San Felipe (1988–1989), director of the Aconcagua Health Service (2000–2010), and technical director of the Dr. Jorge Ahumada Lemus Family Health Center in Santa María (2010–2013).[1]
In 2013 she took over as director of the San Felipe Campus of the University of Valparaíso. The same year, she joined the "Presidential Advisory Commission for the Study and Proposal of a New Model and Legal Framework for the Private Health System", convened by President Michelle Bachelet to reform the system of Social Security Institutions.[2]
On 23 January 2015, Bachelet appointed her Minister of Public Health, replacing Helia Molina, who had resigned on 30 December 2014.[3] She served in this post for the remainder of Bachelet's administration, leaving office on 11 March 2018.
In November 2019, Castillo was one of 690 academics and health professionals to sign an open letter calling for a unified National Health Insurance system.[4]
References
- "Trayectoria de la Ministra" [The Minister's Career] (in Spanish). Ministry of Health of Chile. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- Vega, María José (23 January 2015). "El perfil de la nueva ministra de Salud, Carmen Castillo Taucher" [Profile of the New Minister of Health, Carmen Castillo Taucher]. 24 horas (in Spanish). Televisión Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- Romero, María Cristina; Águila, Francisco (23 January 2015). "Presidenta Bachelet nombra a Carmen Castillo como nueva ministra de Salud" [President Bachelet Names Carmen Castillo as New Minister of Health]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- "Por un Nuevo Pacto Social en Salud para Chile" [For a New Social Pact in Health for Chile] (in Spanish). Ciper. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
External links
Media related to Carmen Castillo Taucher at Wikimedia Commons