Romy Schmidt
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Romy María Schmidt Crnosija (November 18, 1965) is a lawyer, academic, researcher and Chilean
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 politician. She was Minister of National Assets of President Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...

 from the March 11, 2006 until January 6, 2010.

Schmidt studied at the Liceo Manuel de Salas in Santiago. Where she received a law degree from the Central University of Chile
Central University of Chile
The Central University of Chile is the first autonomous private university in Chile, founded in 1982 in Santiago de Chile. It's accredited in the areas of institutional management and undergraduate teaching by the National Accreditation Commission of Chile for a term of four years from December...

 (1994) and obtained a Masters in Disability at the University of Salamanca
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European...

, Spain
Spain
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 (1997).

Between 1998 and 1999 Schmidt served as external consultant of the International Labour Organization
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...

 (ILO).

From 1997 to 2005 Schmidt was professor of labor law courses at the School of Civil Engineering of the Central University of Chile
Central University of Chile
The Central University of Chile is the first autonomous private university in Chile, founded in 1982 in Santiago de Chile. It's accredited in the areas of institutional management and undergraduate teaching by the National Accreditation Commission of Chile for a term of four years from December...

 and disability legislation in the School of Occupational Therapy at the Universidad Mayor.

Since 2002, state tax was National Disability Fund (Fonadis), was in charge of legislative work that the agency was conducting with the National Congress.

In 2004 Schmidt was adviser to the Ministry General Secretariat of Government and Vice President of the National Board of Kindergarten Schools (JUNJI).

After Schmidt's ministry was appointed by Bachelet in early 2010 as the first director of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights.

Militant Party for Democracy
Party for Democracy
The Party for Democracy is a political party in Chile; it is social democratic in its political orientation. It was founded in December 1987 by Ricardo Lagos, who aimed at forming a legal social democratic party . The party continued to function after the defeat of Pinochet...

(PPD), is married to the sociologist and politician, Antonio Leal.
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