Violeta Bermúdez

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Violeta Bermúdez
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Prime Minister of Peru
In office
18 November 2020 – 28 July 2021
PresidentFrancisco Sagasti
Preceded byÁntero Flores Aráoz
Succeeded byGuido Bellido
Deputy Minister of Women
In office
24 January 2002 – 1 August 2002
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterRoberto Dañino
Luis Solari
Minister
Preceded byCecilia Suarez Claros
Succeeded byMaria Elizabeth Querol Campos de Arana
Personal details
Born
Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia

(1961-08-12) 12 August 1961 (age 60)
Lima, Peru
Spouse(s)Samuel Abad Yupanqui
Education
OccupationLawyer, writer, diplomat

Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia (born 12 August 1961) is a Peruvian lawyer, writer and diplomat. On 18 November 2020, Bermúdez became the Prime Minister of Peru.[1] Previously, she held posts in the United States Agency for International Development and worked during the cabinets of President Alejandro Toledo and Prime Minister Beatriz Merino.

Political career[]

From April 1997 to January 2002, she served as the Human Rights Coordinator of the United States Agency for International Development representing Peru.[2]

Bermúdez was appointed as Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Women’s Promotion and Human Development on 24 January 2002 by President Alejandro Toledo.[2] She was crucial for the securement of approval for policies concerning the Forum of Equity and Social Justice of the National Agreement.[2]

In July 2003, she was Chief of the Cabinet of Advisors to Prime Minister Beatriz Merino.[3] She left the position in December of that year.[3]

Between 2012 to 2017, she was Director of the Pro-Decentralization Project for the United States Agency for International Development.[3]

Prime Minister (since 2020)[]

On 18 November 2020, newly installed President Francisco Sagasti appointed Bermúdez as Prime Minister of Peru.[4] She replaced Ántero Flores Aráoz following the growing social unrest in the country.[5] She is the fifth woman to hold this position in the country's history.[6]

Personal life[]

Born in Lima, Bermúdez studied law at the National University of San Marcos and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.[7]

She is married to lawyer Samuel Abad Yupanqui.

Publications[]

  • La regulación jurídica del aborto en América Latina y el Caribe: estudio comparativo (1998)[8]
  • Gender and power. The Political Equality of Women (2019)[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Peru President picks new Cabinet to ease protests, market fears". Reuters. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "VIOLETA BERMÚDEZ". Vital Voices.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Violeta Bermúdez, la abogada que liderará la PCM del gobierno de transición [Perfil]" (in Spanish). RPP.pe. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ "¿Quién es Violeta Bermúdez?" (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Violeta Bermúdez jura como presidenta del Consejo de Ministros" (in Spanish). Onda Azul. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Quién es Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia, la nueva presidenta de la PCM" (in Spanish). Pica News. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Profile: VIOLET BERMUDEZ VALDIVIA" (in Spanish). PUCP.edu. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ^ "La regulación jurídica del aborto en América Latina y el Caribe: estudio comparativo". Google Books. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Gender and power. The political equality of women". Departamento PUCP. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Ántero Flores Aráoz
Prime Minister of Peru
2020–2021
Succeeded by
Guido Bellido
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