Soledad Nuñez (GCL 2014) elected as vice-presidential candidate for Paraguay’s upcoming elections
Soledad Nuñez (GCL 2014), has been officially elected as a vice-presidential candidate for the upcoming 2023 Paraguay general elections. In May 2022, Soledad presented herself as a pre-candidate for the presidential elections. Later that year, she won 59.25% of the votes in the Concentración Para un Nuevo Paraguay, positioning her as the party’s official vice-presidential candidate and announcing her alliance with Efraín Alegre. She is the first female in the country to obtain this title. The coalition she represents brings together all the opposition and independent parties of Paraguay. General elections will take place in April 2023 between this coalition and the Colorado Party.
Previously, Soledad was designated as Minister of Housing and Habitat of Paraguay in 2014, being the first woman to assume leadership of this ministry and becoming the youngest minister of the executive branch at the age of 31. She oversaw a dramatic increase in the production of national social housing for low-income households, multiplying it by 4x and working with more than 30,000 families. Additionally, she redirected the ministry’s focus to a technical institution responsible for implementing the country’s new urban agenda. Following this initiative, she led the National Committee of Habitat, which included more than 50 public and private institutions. Soledad was awarded the 2017 GCL Impact Award for her work in the ministry as it exemplifies the mission of the GCL program to activate a multiplier effect that has a positive and exponential impact in the region.
Soledad has a degree in Civil Engineering from the National University of Asunción, a Master’s degree in Project Management from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, a Master’s degree in Public Policy at Oxford University and is an alumnus of the Global Competitiveness Leadership Program at Georgetown University. She began her professional career in the private sector, implementing social infrastructure projects in rural areas. She served as the National Director of TECHO Paraguay, where she mobilized more than 15,000 young people to provide emergency housing solutions and promote the active involvement of young people in the policy-making process.