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Otilia Lux
Official portrait
Minister of Culture and Sports
In office
14 January 2000 – 14 January 2004
PresidentAlfonso Portillo
Personal details
Born (1949-01-21) 21 January 1949 (age 75)
Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
Political partyEncuentro por Guatemala
EducationRafael Landívar University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • activist

Otilia Lux de Cotí is a Guatemalan social leader and politician.

Early life

Otilia Lux de Cotí was born in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala on 21 January 1949.

Career

Lux was a member of Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission, charged with investigating the human rights violations committed during the Central American nation's 30-year-long civil war. She was the only womsn on the commission.

Lux was later chosen to serve as Minister of Culture and Sport in the cabinet of President Alfonso Portillo. She was a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations, and she served on UNESCO's Executive Board for the 2004–2007 period.

In the 9 September 2007 general election, she was elected to Congress as a national list deputy for the Encuentro por Guatemala party.

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  2. "Otilia Lux de Cotí: activist for the human rights of women and indigenous peoples in Guatemala". UN Women – Americas and the Caribbean. 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  3. DomínguezMunllonch, Montse (2022-01-31). "Social Activist. Otilia Lux de Cotí⁠". 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  4. "Ms. Otilia Lux de Coti" (PDF).
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