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Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.
Michelle Bachelet
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Michelle Bachelet
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 29
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President Of Chile
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Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria
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