Esther Elizabeth Astete Rodríguez is a
Peruvian
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politician who served as the country's
Foreign Minister from 18 November 2020 to 14 February 2021.
Education
Astete Rodríguez has a degree in International Relations.
Career
Astete Rodríguez has been a member of Peru's Diplomatic Service since 1975, serving as
ambassador to Mexico,
Ecuador
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and
Switzerland.
[ She was also Peru's ]Permanent Representative
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to the United Nations
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in Geneva
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from 2004.
Astete Rodríguez was Peru's under-secretary for Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2009.
She was appointed Foreign Minister by President
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Francisco Sagasti
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in the cabinet
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of Prime Minister
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Violeta Bermúdez on 18 November 2020.Manuel Merino
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and Prime Minister Ántero Flores Aráoz
Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza (born 28 February 1942) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru in November 2020. Once a prominent member and leader of the Christian People's Party, he left and founded t ...
(who each served for five days).[
]
Awards and honours
* Medal of the National Order of Merit in the degree of Commander (Ecuador)[
* Distinguished Services in the Degree of Grand Cross][
]
References
External links
Government profile
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Foreign ministers of Peru
Female foreign ministers
Ambassadors of Peru to Switzerland
Permanent Representatives of Peru to the United Nations
Living people
1952 births
20th-century diplomats
21st-century diplomats
21st-century Peruvian women politicians
21st-century Peruvian politicians
Ambassadors of Peru to Mexico
Ambassadors of Peru to Ecuador
Peruvian women ambassadors