Luz Zasso Paoa
Luz Zasso Paoa | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Easter Island | |
| In office 6 December 2008 – 6 December 2012 | |
| President | Michelle Bachelet Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Pedro Edmunds Paoa |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Edmunds Paoa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1972 Easter Island, Chile |
Luz del Carmen Zasso Paoa (born 16 May 1972) is a Chilean engineer and politician who served as the mayor of Easter Island from 2008 to 2012, as a member of the Christian Democratic Party. She was the first woman elected to the office and is the general manager of Agrícola y Servicios Isla de Pascua, the largest company on the island.
Early life and education
[edit]Luz Zasso was born in Easter Island to parents Ambrosio Guillermo Zasso Leiva and María Raquel Paoa Huki.[1] Her father was of Genoese descent while her mother was a Rapa Nui. She attended elementary school on Easter Island, high school on the mainland in Valparaíso, and graduated from Viña del Mar University with a degree in construction.[2]
Career
[edit]Zasso served as the mayor of Easter Island and is a member of the Christian Democratic Party. She was the second woman to hold the position and first woman elected to it.[2] The Special Visitors Card for visitors to Eastern Island was implemented during her tenure.[3] In 2013, she stated that she did not plan on appealing to the International Court of Justice for independence.[4]
Agrícola y Servicios Isla de Pascua, the state owned company that provides electricity, water, and loading services to Easter Island, was managed by Paoa and Yuriko Westermeier Tuki.[5] She became the general manager of the company in 2015. It is the largest company on the island with over 100 employees and has an annual budget of $9 billion. Her first cousins, Claudia Fernández Paoa and Marcos Astete Paoa, were appointed as directors of the company.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Certificado de nacimiento (in Spanish). Vol. 19. Isla de Pascua: Civil Registry and Identification Service of Chile. 1972.
- ^ a b El Mercurio 2009.
- ^ Bustamante 2009.
- ^ Cooperativa 2013.
- ^ DF MAS 2024.
- ^ El Líbero 2022.
Works cited
[edit]- "Boric nombró como directores de empresa estatal de Isla de Pascua a autoridades municipales y parientes de la gerenta general". El Líbero. 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
- "Ex alcaldesa descartó que Isla de Pascua quiera recurrir a La Haya". Cooperativa. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
- "Sasipa, la empresa pública de Isla de Pascua, aumentó por cuatro sus pérdidas". DF MAS. 19 April 2024. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
- ""Somos respetuosas, pero no sumisas"". El Mercurio. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.
- Bustamante, Rodrigo (16 September 2009). "La Isla de Pascua identifica a sus turistas". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025.