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 Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo (; born 22 March 1963) is a Peruvian engineer and politician who served as President of Peru from 2018 to 2020. Vizcarra Martín Vizcarra's governorship of Moquegua, previously served as List of regional governor ...

Early life and education

Montenegro was born on 30 March 1956 in La Unión,

Huánuco Huánuco (; ) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The met ...

. She grew up in

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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 La Libertad (; in English language, English: ''The Liberty'') is a Regions of Peru, department and Regional Government of La Libertad, region in northwestern Peru. Formerly it was known as the Department of La Libertad ('). It is bordered by the L ...

. She was mayor until the end of the year. As a member of the Peruvian party

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, Montenegro was elected to

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in the 2016 elections in Peru. She was elected as a member for La Libertad for the legislative period from 28 July 2016 to 28 July 2021. On 11 March 2019, she was appointed Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, succeeding Ana María Mendieta. After President Martín Vizcarra dissolved Congress on 30 September 2019, she and the other congressmembers lost their seats. Early new elections followed on 26 January 2020, in which the 130 seats in Congress were redistributed until the end of the legislative period. Montenegro was not re-elected. She remained Minister for Women and Vulnerable Populations until 6 August 2020. Three days earlier, Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano was ousted by a vote of no confidence. As a result, the new Prime Minister Walter Martos filled the cabinet. He appointed Rosario Sasieta to succeed Montenegro. In October 2020, she joined the

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after having previously left the APP.

Death

Montenegro died on 21 May 2025, at the age of 69, from complications during a neurosurgical procedure that resulted in

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.Murió Gloria Montenegro, exministra de la Mujer en el gobierno de Martín Vizcarra, a los 69 años

Citations

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