Raquel Zelaya

Irma Raquel Zelaya is a Guatemalan economist and politician. She was Minister of Public Finance in Government of Guatemala in 1991.

Biography

Zelaya holds a degree in economics from Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala City.
Zelaya was Minister of Public Finance in the Government of Guatemala, from 14 January 1991 to 16 April 1991. She resigned due to disagreements with president Jorge Serrano Elías.
Zelaya was appointed as Presidential Secretary of Peace in the government of Alvaro Arzú, from 1997 to 2000.
After her political career, Zelaya founded the non-profit organization Association for Research and Social Studies. She was also a member of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund Commission.
In 2015, Zelaya was on the shortlist to be elected as Vice President of Guatemala, but Alfonso Fuentes Soria was elected to the office.