Beatriz Eliane Capobianco Sandoval was born on 15 April 1973 and is a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as minister of rural development and lands from January to November 2020.
11 Facts About Eliane Capobianco
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Eliane Capobianco was born on 15 April 1973 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Eliane Capobianco was raised by an eminently political family with an extensive history in private and public affairs.
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Eliane Capobianco's father, Jorge Capobianco, served as president of the Santa Cruz Development Corporation, while her mother, Beatriz Sandoval, was a magistrate and dean of the Supreme Court of Justice.
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Eliane Capobianco's uncle, Guillermo Capobianco, was a founding member of the Revolutionary Left Movement, serving as minister of the interior in the administration of Jaime Paz Zamora.
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Eliane Capobianco studied law at Gabriel Rene Moreno Autonomous University, graduating with a degree in legal sciences.
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Eliane Capobianco later undertook postgraduate studies in Denmark, attaining a master's degree in cadastre and land and real estate registration.
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Eliane Capobianco worked as an advisor for the National Association of Oilseed Producers and the Federation of Ranchers of Santa Cruz, two of the most powerful agroindustrial business entities in the department.
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Between 2001 and 2002, Eliane Capobianco served as departmental director of the National Institute of Agrarian Reform, a position of particular import in Santa Cruz, the country's primary agricultural region.
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Eliane Capobianco entered the political scene in 2006, participating in that year's Constituent Assembly elections as a candidate in circumscription 51, encompassing a portion of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, an opposition stronghold.
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Eliane Capobianco did not retain her seat, owing to the electoral disaster BDN experienced in the 2019 elections, cushioned only by the later annulment of the results due to allegations of fraud.