Nina Pacari Vega Conejo is graduated in political and social sciences, is a lawyer and holds a doctorate in jurisprudence.

Presently, she is the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Ecuador.

She was national member of the republic (19982002), second vice-chairwoman of the National Congress (August 1998 July 2000), Secretaria Nacional Ejecutiva del Consejo Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas y Negros del Ecuador ³CONPLADEIN² (1997), representative for chimborazo at the Asamblea Nacional Constituyente (19971998), member of the Comisión de Gestión Publica y del Consejo de la Legislatura del Congreso Nacional (1992-2000), leader of Tierras y Territorios de la Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador ³CONAIE² (19931996) and legal advisor of the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador ³CONAIE² (19891993).

Special nominations: member of Dialogo Interamericano with registered office in the United States (1997), member of the Coordinadora Política de Mujeres del Ecuador (1998), member of the Red de Lideres Mujeres (1996), member of the Red de Parlamentarios de las Americas (19982002), member of the Red de Parlamentarios Indígenas de América (1998), member of the Consejo Directivo de la Comisión Andina de Juristas with registered office in Lima (1995) and member of the Consejo Directivo del Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos with registered office in Costa Rica (1990).

She published several articles in magazines and books of national and international scope.