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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def do_contact_person_info(ava):
 """Create a ContactPerson instance from configuration information."""

    cper = md.ContactPerson()
    cper.loadd(ava)
    if not cper.contact_type:
        cper.contact_type = "technical"
    return cper