Carlos Enrique Soto Menegazzo (born August 26, 1951) is a Guatemalan cardiologist and politician. He served as Guatemala's Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance from 2017 to 2020.[1][2]
Carlos Soto Menegazzo | |
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| Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance | |
| In office August 29, 2017 – January 14, 2020 | |
| President | Jimmy Morales |
| Preceded by | Lucrecia Hernández Mack |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Monroy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 26, 1951 Guatemala City |
| Alma mater | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
| Occupation | doctor |
Career edit
On August 29, 2017 he was appointed to replace Lucrecia Hernández Mack as Minister of Public Health.[2] Hernández had announced her resignation the sunday before, in protest over President Jimmy Morales ordering the expulsion of United Nations anti-corruption investigator Iván Velásquez Gómez.[3]
Since February 2014, he had served as director of Roosevelt Hospital until that day.[4]
Personal life edit
He is son of Carlos Armando Soto Gómez y Odilia Perina Menegazzo Vanfrette, his father was Minister of Health too from 1986 to 1990 and deputy of the Guatemalan National Constituent assembly of 1984.[5]
He married whit Beatriz Díaz in 1969 and they divorced in 1989. He married for the second time with Lucrecia Torcelli in 1989.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Guatemala". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ a b Ramos, Saira (2017-08-29). "Carlos Soto, exdirector del hospital Roosevelt, es el nuevo ministro de Salud". Publinews (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Guatemela, elPeriodico de (2017-08-27). "Urgente: Ministra y viceministros de Salud Pública presentan renuncia al presidente Jimmy Morales". elPeriodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Carlos Soto es nombrado nuevo Ministro de Salud". Chapin TV (in Spanish). 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ a b "Entrega de la Orden del Quetzal al médico Carlos Soto Gómez". Twitter (in Spanish). 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
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