Otilia Lux

Otilia Lux de Cotí is a Guatemalan social leader and politician.

Early life

Otilia Lux de Cotí was born in Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala on 21 January 1949.

Career

Lux was a member of Guatemala's Historical Clarification Commission, charged with investigating the human rights violations committed during the Central American nation's 30-year-long civil war. She was the only woman on the commission.
Lux was later chosen to serve as Minister of Culture and Sport in the cabinet of President Alfonso Portillo. She was a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations, and she served on UNESCO's Executive Board for the 2004-2007 period.
In the 9 September 2007 general election, she was elected to Congress as a national list deputy for the Encuentro por Guatemala party.