Cinthya Yáñez
Cinthya Yáñez | |
|---|---|
In a 2026 interview | |
| Minister without portfolio responsible for Tourism and Gastronomy | |
| Assumed office 9 November 2025 | |
| President | Rodrigo Paz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cinthya Martha Yáñez Eid |
Cinthya Martha Yáñez Eid is a Bolivian businesswoman and politician, minister without portfolio responsible for tourism and gastronomy of Bolivia since 2025. She served as deputy minister of tourism in 2003.
Career
Yañez was Deputy Minister of Tourism in 2003, directing policies to promote domestic tourism. She developed her professional career in the private sector in companies such as Sociedad Hotelera Los Tajibos S.A. and the Doria Medina Foundation, where she led competitions promoting the creation of businesses and entrepreneurship. She was financial manager of the HOY newspaper and other companies.[1][2][3]
In the 2025 general elections, she was the lead delegate for the Alianza Unidad party.[1][2]
She was sworn in Minister without portfolio responsible for Tourism and Gastronomy by President Rodrigo Paz on 9 November 2025.[1][4] She stated that one of her goals is to have two million tourists visit the country by 2026.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Sanchez, Silvia (9 November 2025). "Rodrigo Paz posesiona a Cinthya Yañez como ministra encargada de Turismo" [Rodrigo Paz appoints Cinthya Yañez as Minister of Tourism]. Red Uno de Bolivia (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ^ a b c León Quiroga, Yvonne Alexandra; Carrera, Alejandra (9 November 2025). "¿Quién es Cinthia Yañez, la encargada de Turismo de Rodrigo Paz?" [Who is Cinthia Yañez, Rodrigo Paz's head of tourism?]. Unitel Bolivia (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ^ "Conoce a los ministros del primer gabinete de Rodrigo Paz" [Meet the ministers of Rodrigo Paz's first cabinet]. El Día (in Spanish). 9 November 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ^ Góngora, Boris (9 November 2025). "El presidente Paz posesiona un gabinete técnico" [President Paz appoints a technical cabinet]. La Razón (La Paz) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2026.