Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Pepública Peruana/Republica del Perú/Piruw
(Female Suffrage 1955) Independent 1821
Also
see Peru Heads and Peru
Parliament
1980-87
Vice-Minister of State, Chief Statistics and Census Graciela Fernandez-Baca
Calderón de Valdez
Candidate for the 1. Vice-presidency of the Nation on the ticket of Dr.
Javier Pérez de Cuellar in 1995, instead she was elected as member of the Congreso
Nacional.
1987-89
and
1989-90
Minister of Education Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamente de Llanos de la Mata
2009 Minister of Interior
Candidate for the Mayorship of Lima in 1989, from 1992 Deputy Secretary and from
2000 Parliamentay Co-spokesperson of the Socialist Party. Ca. 1990-99 Senator
and from 2000 member of the Congreso where she vas 2. Vice-President 2002-03 and
President 2006-07. Also
Presidential Candidate
in 1995. (b. 1947-)
1987-90
Minister of Health lda Urigzar de Arias
1989-90
Minister of Justice Maria Angelina Breckostteredia
1990-91
Minister of Education Gloria Gilda Helfer Palacios
2003-06 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development
She was Member of the
Congress when she joined the government for the second time. (b. 1944-)
Ca.
1991-2000 Vice-Minister of Industry Agnes Franco Temple
1992
Acting Minister of Justice Blanca Nélida Golán Maguiño
1992-2000 Attorney General
1994-95 Acting Minister of Justice
1992-93
and 1994-97 Comptroller-General María Hermina Drago Correa
1992
Vice-Minister of Regional Development in the Ministry of the Presidency Luz
Salgado Rubianes de Paredes
Member of the Directive Council of the Democratic Constituent
Congress
1993-95
, 3rd Vice-President
1996-97 and 1998-99,
1. Vice-President
and 2000-01 and in
2000 Acting President of the Congreso National. Parliamentary
Leader of Perú Posibile from
2000.
1992-94
Vice-Minister of Tourism Liliana Canales Novella
1994-97 Minister of Industry Tourism, Integration and International Trade Negotiations
(Second in the Cabinet).
(b. 1953-)
Ca.
1993-96 Vice-Minister of Justice Mariam Schenone Ordinola
1996-99 Minister of Women’s
Affairs and Human Development
1999-2000 Secretary of the Council of Ministers
Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice
1994-95
Secretary General in the Office of the President Mariela Guernoni Romero
1994-95
Minister of the Presidency Maria Luisa Federici Soto
Ambassador to France and UNESCO from 1996.
Around
1995 Vice-Minister of Labour Armida Murguía Sánchez
1996-97
Minister of Transport, Communication, Housing and Construction Elisa Carrera
Cabrera de Escalante
Around
1996 Vice-Minister Ester Gago Hurtado
Around
1998 Vice-Minister of Labour Beatriz Alva
Around
1999 Vice-Minister by the Presidency of Ministers and Executive Secretary of
Internal Technical Co-operation Magdalena Fajardo de Savaraín
1999-2000
Minister of Justice Prof. María Carlota Valenzela de Puelles
1999-2000
Minister of the Presidency María Cristina Rizo Patrón Velarde
1999-2000
Minister of Women’s Affairs and Human Rights Luisa María Cuculiza Torre
Former Mayor of Huánuco and Mayor of San Borja 1991-99,
Registered as candidate of the Sí Cumple for
the post of First Vice-President as the running-mate of ex-president Fujimori,
but when he was barred from running the party chose Martha Chavez as
presidential candidate with two male running-mates.
1999-2000
Vice-Minister by the Vice-Minister of the Presidency for Regional Affairs Auroa
Torrejón
Ca.
1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Economy Rosario Almenara Díaz de Pezo
Ca.
1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Environment, National Resources and Forestal
Development Neisa Roca
Ca.
1999-2000 Vice-Minister of Science and Technology for Planning and Development
Marianela Lafuente
Until
2000 Vice-Minister of Communication Eva Garland Hilbak
Until
2000 Vice-Minister of Regional Development in the Ministry of the Presidency
2000 Minister of the Presidency
María Louisa Alvarado Barrantes
2000-01
Minister of Women’s Affairs Susana Villarán de la Puente
2000-01
Vice-Minister of Women’s Affairs Eva Guerrero
2001-02
Minister of Women’s Affairs Doris Sánchez Pinedo
2001-02 Minister of Economy Patricia Teullet
2002
Minister of Women’s Affairs Cecilia
2002 Vice-Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development
Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia
2002-04 Vice-Minister of Women's Affairs María
Elizabeth Querol Campos de Arana
2002-04
Vice-Minister of Labour and Employment Carmen Vildoso Chirinos
2008- Minister of Women
and Social Development
2002
Vice-Minister of Education Rosa Mavila León
2003 President of the Council of Ministers Beatriz Merino Lucero
Senator 1990-92, Member of the Congress 1995-2000, Vice-Presidential Candidate
2000 and Superintendent of the National Tax Administration
2000-03. (b. 1949-).
2003 Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development Anel Townsend Diez-Canseco
Presided over the election of the Mesa Directiva of the Congress
in 2001 and was considered a Prime contender for the post of President for the
period of 2003-04, but
preferred the ministerial post instead.
2004 Vice-Minister of Health
Pilar Mazzetti Soler
2004-06 Minister of Health
2006-07 Minister of Interior
2004 Vice-Minister of External Relations Ana Maria Deustua
She is in charge of International Economy in the Chancellery. Former ambassador
to Italy.
2004-06 Subsecretary of Foreign Affairs for Asian Affairs Embajadora Martha Chavarri Dupuy
2004-06 Vice-Minister of Women's Affairs María Isabel Rosas Ballinas
2004-06 Vice-Minister of Education Helenn Chávez Depaz de Huambo
2006- Second
Vice-President Lourdes Mendoza del Solar
A former Mayor, Zoila Lourdes Carmen
Sandra Mendoza del Solar, was elected as the running-mate of Alan Garcia. (b. 1958-).
2006-07 Minister of Justice María Zavala Valladares
Former President of the Supreme Court of Lima, Ambassador to the OAS from 2008.
2006-07 Minister of Transport
Verónica Zavala Lombardi
Former Spokesperson of the Presidency of the Council of Minsiters.
2006-09 Minister of External Trade and Tourism Mercedes Aráoz
Fernández
2009 Minister of Production
2009- Minister of Finance
2006-07 Minister of Labour Susana Pinilla
Cisneros
2007-08 Minister of Women and Social Development
2006-07 Minister of Women and Social Development Virginia Borra Toledo
de Jiménez
2007-09 Minister of Justice Rosario del Pilar Fernández Figueroa
2008-09 Minister of Production Elena Aída Conterno Martinelli
2009- Minister of Labour and Employment Promotion Manuela Esperanza García Cochagne
2009- Minister of Women and Social Development Nidia Vilchez
Yucra
Updates 29.12.09