Description: (Paraguayan Politician, Former Minister of Education and the First Woman to Run for President)
Blanca Margarita Ovelar de Duarte is a Paraguayan teacher and politician with a distinguished career. She held key positions in Paraguay, including serving as Minister of Education during President Nicanor Duarte's administration. Ovelar also ran for president as the Colorado Party's candidate in the April 2008 election. While she secured a narrow victory in the party's primary, the outcome was contested, leading to her eventual loss in the general election. Ovelar made history as the first woman to run for president in Paraguay.