What is María Ignacia Benítez?
[[File:Maria Ignacia Benitez.jpg|right|200px]] '''María Ignacia Benítez''' (1 August 1958 – 28 February 2019) was a [[Chilean people|Chilean]] politician. She was Minister of the Environment between 2010 and 2014.<ref name=bio>[http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2010/02/10/los-conflictos-de-interes-que-enfrentara-la-nueva-ministra-de-medio-ambiente/ Appointment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074452/https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2010/02/10/los-conflictos-de-interes-que-enfrentara-la-nueva-ministra-de-medio-ambiente/ |date=2019-03-01 }}, 1 February 2010, accessed October 2012</ref> She was born in [[Viña del Mar]] in Chile. Benítez was married and had three children. She died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Santiago de Chile]] on 28 February 2019, aged 60.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/fallece-maria-ignacia-benitez-ministra-medio-ambiente-primer-gobierno-pinera/547972/ | title=Fallece María Ignacia Benítez, ministra de Medio Ambiente de primer gobierno de Piñera | date=28 February 2019 | access-date=3 March 2019 | archive-date=9 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309003212/https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/fallece-maria-ignacia-benitez-ministra-medio-ambiente-primer-gobierno-pinera/547972/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://braqq.com/chile/at-the-age-of-60-former-minister-maria-ignacia-benitez-died/ |title=At the age of 60, former Minister María Ignacia Benítez died – Braqq |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-date=2019-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726124537/https://braqq.com/chile/at-the-age-of-60-former-minister-maria-ignacia-benitez-died/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Benitez, Maria Ignacia}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Chilean politicians]] [[Category:Chilean environmentalists]] {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}}