Once Dina Boluarte sworn in to be the new president of the country, new ministers could be added to the ministerial cabinet led by Pedro Angulo Arana. The new members are eight women.
This act was done in large part to correct the attitudes of the former president, Pedro Castillo, and his elected ministers, who many labeled as macho, having only 2 women in his ministerial cabinet.
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The ministers and their respective portfolios can be seen below:
- External relationships: Ana Cecilia Gervasi Diaz. Before she was Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Minister of Foreign Trade.
- Education: Patricia Correa Arangoitia. A licensed educator by profession, she is specialized in educational policy management and decentralized management, with a master’s degree in Public Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
- Health: Rosa Bertha Gutierrez Palomino. Having been a surgeon, she also held the position of General Director of the General Directorate of Health Operations.
- Agrarian Development and Irrigation: Nelly Walls of the Castle. The new minister is an agricultural engineer from the La Molina National Agrarian University, with 24 years of work experience in rural development policies, planning and evaluation.
- Production: Sandra Belaunde Arnillas. Having earned a Master’s in Public Administration from Columbia University in New York, he also has a Diploma in Anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University.
- Housing, Construction and Sanitation: Hania Perez de Cuellar. Pérez de Cuellar was executive president of the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) between 2020-2021, the second woman to have held that position.
- Women and Vulnerable Populations: Greece Elena Rojas Ortiz. This year she acted as Vice Minister of Vulnerable Populations of the MIMP.
- Ambient: Albina Ruiz Rios. She is a registered industrial engineer, with a second specialty in Solid Waste Sanitary Engineering, completed master’s studies in Ecology and Environmental Management and a doctorate in Chemical Engineering.
