Marcela Flores
Marcela Flores | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health and Sports | |
| Assumed office 9 November 2025 | |
| President | Rodrigo Paz |
| Preceded by | María Renée Castro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marcela Tatiana Flores Zambrana La Paz, Bolivia |
Marcela Tatiana Flores Zambrana is a Bolivian physician and politician, Minister of Health and Sports of Bolivia since 2025.
Career
Flores was born in La Paz, Bolivia. She got a PhD in public health and development management and public policy, as well as a master's degree in public health.[1][2]
Between 2001 and 2020, she was head of the Planning and Organisational Development Unit at Departmental Health Service in La Paz. Flores has been a technical analyst at the UNDP between 2021 and 2022.[1]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia, between 2020 and 2021 she coordinated the metropolitan urban area's response of the Departmental Health Service.[3][1]
She was sworn in Minister of Health and Sports by President Rodrigo Paz on 9 November 2025.[3][4] On 19 November, she stated that her priorities as minister include improving epidemiological surveillance, promoting health and traditional medicine, strengthening the overall management of the health system, fighting corruption in the health sector, and promoting sports.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b c "Autoridades del Ministerio de Salud y Deportes" [Ministry of Health and Sports officials]. Ministry of Health and Sports (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.
- ^ a b Sanchez, Silvia (9 November 2025). "Marcela Tatiana Flores Zambrana asume como nueva ministra de Salud" [Marcela Tatiana Flores Zambrana takes office as new Minister of Health]. Red Uno de Bolivia (in Spanish). 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.
- ^ "MINISTRA DE SALUD POSESIONA A DOS VICEMINISTROS CON LA CONVICCIÓN DE LLEGAR CON SALUD A LA POBLACIÓN" [HEALTH MINISTER APPOINTS TWO DEPUTY MINISTERS WITH THE CONVICTION OF BRINGING HEALTH TO THE POPULATION]. Ministry of Health and Sports (in Spanish). 19 November 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ^ "Ministra de Salud posesiona a viceministros de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Gestión de Salud" [Minister of Health appoints deputy ministers of Epidemiological Surveillance and Health Management]. Ahora Digital (in Spanish). 19 November 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2026.