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Ministry Of Women And Vulnerable Populations
The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (, MIMP) of Peru is the government ministry in charge of national policy in favor of women and vulnerable populations. Its headquarters is located in Lima, Peru. It is the only ministry in the country's government whose office is exclusive to women. , the minister is . History The ministry was created on October 29, 1996 and was originally named Ministry of the Promotion of Women and of Human Development (, PROMUDEH). Its creation was announced by then-president Alberto Fujimori in Cologne during the 1996 Latin American Week and the German Conference on the Latin American Economy. In 2002 it was renamed as Ministry of Women and Social Development. Subsequently, on July 11, 2002, Organic Law 27779 amended the organization of the Council of Ministers of Peru, which renamed it the Ministry of Women and Social Development (, MIMDES). However, the Latin American Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights had criticised the possible re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jirón Camaná
Jirón Camaná is a major street in the Damero de Pizarro, located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The street starts at the Alameda Chabuca Granda and continues southwest until it reaches Jirón Jacinto López, next to the Plaza Francia, continuing directly south until it reaches Bolivia Avenue, next to the Lima Civic Center. The street was an important place for the bohemian movement in Lima, with its first five blocks being known for its libraries, and its later blocks for places such as restaurants and art establishments. History The road that today constitutes the street was laid by Francisco Pizarro when he founded the city of Lima on January 18, 1535. In 1862, when a new urban nomenclature was adopted, the road was named jirón Camaná, after province of the same name in Arequipa. Prior to this renaming, each block (''cuadra'') had a unique name: *Block 1: Pileta de Santo Domingo, after the fountain belonging to the convent of the same name. In its corner was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
The Peruvian Aprista Party (, PAP) () is a Peruvian social-democratic political party and a member of the Socialist International. The party was founded as the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (, APRA) by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, who originally intended to create a network of anti-imperialist social and political movements in Latin America. Members are called "''compañeros''" (fellows), based on the fraternity espoused by Haya de la Torre. Originally a centre-left to left-wing party with democratic socialist and nationalist elements (in addition to the aforementioned anti-imperialism), the party moved closer to the political centre under the leadership of Alan García starting in the 1980s, embracing social democracy and later some Third Way policies. In 2006, the party adopted a new platform as García's second presidency implemented a series of policies labelled as centre-right, embracing free-market capitalism, dialogue with other right-wing parties and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance For Progress (Peru)
Alliance for Progress (, APP) is a Peruvian political party founded on December 8, 2001 in Trujillo by Cesar Acuña Peralta. History The party was founded by Cesar Acuña Peralta in Trujillo in 2001, who was elected as Congressman for the National Solidarity Party in 2000. In 2006, the party participated in the general elections of that year with Natale Amprimo as its party candidate for President with the leader Cesar Acuña Peralta as its candidate for First Vice President. The presidential ticket itself attained 0.4% of the popular vote, placing tenth. Following the 2006 general election's poor results, Alliance for Progress lost its party registration in the National Jury of Elections alongside the rest of the parties that failed to pass the threshold in 2007, but it regained its party registration the following year. Having already established his party, Acuña, he was elected mayor of Trujillo in 2007 and was re-elected mayor in 2010. In 2014, Acuña was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Montenegro (politician)
Gloria Edelmira Montenegro Figueroa (30 March 1956 – 21 May 2025) was a Peruvian politician. She served as the Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations in the presidency of Martín Vizcarra. Early life and education Montenegro was born on 30 March 1956 in La Unión, Huánuco. She grew up in Chiclayo then moved to Lambayeque, where she studied accounting and administration at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo. Political career In 2006, Montenegro was elected councilwoman (regidora) in Trujillo City Council; four years later she was elected deputy mayor of that city. In May 2014, she was appointed mayor of Trujillo (alcaldesa provincial) after her predecessor César Acuña resigned so that he could run for election to governor of the Department of La Libertad. She was mayor until the end of the year. As a member of the Peruvian party Alliance for Progress, Montenegro was elected to congress in the 2016 elections in Peru. She was elected as a member for La Liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana María Mendieta
Ana María Alejandra Mendieta Trefogli is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations in the government of Martín Vizcarra from April 2018 until March 2019; she succeeded Ana María Choquehuanca in the position, and was herself succeeded by Gloria Montenegro. She is a graduate of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and of Federico Villarreal National University Federico Villarreal National University (, UNFV) is a public university located in Lima, Peru. It was named in honor of the Peruvian mathematician Federico Villarreal. History It first functioned as a branch of the Community University of t .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Women's ministers of Peru Women government ministers of Peru 21st-century Peruvian lawyers 21st-century Peruvian women lawyers 21st-century Peruvian politicians 21st-century Peruvian women politicians Pontifical Catholic University of Peru a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvians For Change
Peruvians for Change (, PPK) was a centre-right party in Peru. Founded and officially registered in October 2014, the party was described as conservative and liberal. Its leader was Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, President of Peru from 2016 until his resignation in 2018. In his short presidential tenure, Kuczynski held a government minority in the Peruvian Congress against Popular Force's majority. Initially with 18 members, the party's parliamentary caucus ended splitting up into factions, as independent congressmen left following the pardon of Alberto Fujimori in December 2017. Amid scandal revolving on the president's past relationship with Odebrecht, and facing two impeachment processes, Kuczynski tendered his resignation in March 2018. The party in theory served as President Martín Vizcarra's government party even though he was not registered but ended up in a bitter conflict between the executive branch and the parliamentary caucus, as they held many disagreements on polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana María Choquehuanca
Ana María Choquehuanca de Villanueva (born 2 November 1958, in Arequipa) is a Peruvian politician, businesswoman, and economist. In 2016, she was elected to Congress to represent Arequipa. She was the Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations from 27 July 2017 to 2 April 2018. Biography Choquehuanca began her studies at the colleges of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción and Nuestra Señora de la Merced in the city of her birth, Arequipa. Later, she began studying economics at the Catholic University of Santa María and completed a master's degree in Administration at Spenta University in Mexico. Choquehuanca possesses a postgraduate degree from the Catholic University of Santa María and the University of Zaragoza. In the private sector, Choquehuanca has been a manager for Uranio Contratistas EIRL, METALSUR, and ISVISA. She is president of the Association of Small Businesses of Pyme-Peru and of the Pyme Chamber of Arequipa. In 2016, Choquehuanca was elected to the Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela Huaita Alegre
Marcela Patricia María Huaita Alegre (born 30 October 1964) is a Peruvian lawyer and academic specialized in human rights and public policy. She was Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations from 17 February 2015 until 28 July 2016 under president Ollanta Humala. Life Huaita went to law school at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). Huaita was an instructor of human rights, gender studies, and public policy at the PUCP and the National University of San Marcos. In 1996, Huaita became the lead advisor of the Commission of Women to the Congress of the Republic of Peru. In 2003, she joined the cabinet of advisor of the President of the Council of Ministers of Peru (PCM). From 2012 to 2013, Huaita was the vice minister of women under Ana Jara. She became secretary general of the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP). In this role, Huaita worked for institutions including Pro Ethics, Ombudsman's office, and Constella Futures. On 17 February 2015, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Nationalist Party
Peruvian Nationalist Party (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista Peruano;'' PNP) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left to left-wing politics, left-wing political party in Peru. History The Nationalist Party had as its antecedent the Ethnocacerism, Peruvian Nationalist Movement. The party was originally conceived to be the main political expression of the ethnocacerist ideology, though the ideology was renounced by party founder Ollanta Humala in 2006. Ollanta Humala was the Peruvian Nationalist Party's presidential nominee for the 2006 Peruvian national election, 2006 general election, running under a joint ticket with Union for Peru, as the party was not registered on time for the election. Humala lost the runoff against Alan García of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, Peruvian Aprista Party. However, the alliance with the Union for Peru would be dissolved, and the members of the Nationalist Party would form the Nationalist bench made up of 25 Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Jara
Ethel Ana del Rosario Jara Velásquez (born 11 May 1968) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who was Prime Minister of Peru from July 2014 to April 2015."Peru's Prime Minister Ana Jara deposed over spy row" ''BBC''. Retrieved 19 August 2017. Early life Ana Jara was born in Ica on May 11, 1968. She attended elementary school at I.E. No. 22494 Juan XXIII and high school in Antonia Moreno de Cáceres School located in the same city. She studied and |
Socialist Party (Peru)
The Socialist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Socialista'') is a Peruvian political party founded in 2005. Its presidential candidate for the 2006 national election was Javier Diez Canseco. At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic. At the 2011 general election, the party was part of the successful alliance Peru Wins, led by Ollanta Humala. Its founder, Javier Diez Canseco, became a congressman for Lima. History The Socialist Party traces its origins to the Mariateguist Unified Party, a member of the United Left coalition. The party eventually disappeared in the aftermath of the 1995 general election. Among its leaders, Javier Diez Canseco rose as the most prominent of the left-leaning members of the Peruvian Congress during the Alberto Fujimori's second term as President of Peru. The Fujimori administration had demonized the Peruvian left since 1992, as it associated with the Shining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aída García Naranjo
Aída del Carmen Jesús Consuelo García-Naranjo Morales (born 20 March 1951), also known by her nickname "Mocha", is a Peruvian educator, singer, and politician, the former Secretary General of the Socialist Party and spokesperson of Gana Perú, the alliance of former President Ollanta Humala. She was the first Minister of Women and Social Development in the Humala government. She served as the ambassador of Peru to Uruguay from January 2012 to June 2014. Since February 2012, she has also been the Peruvian representative to Mercosur and the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI). Biography Aída García Naranjo studied education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She also has a master's degree in political science and government from the same university and two – in "Migrations, Globalization, and International Relations" and "Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights" – from Cayetano Heredia University. She was a councilor of the Municipality of Metrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
