Carmen Rosa Núñez Campos (born 11 May 1954) is a

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...

politician and entrepreneur in the field of education. In December 2013, she was accredited by the national jury of elections as a member of the Congress of the Republic for the National Solidarity Party, after congressman

Michael Urtecho Wilson Michael Urtecho Medina (born 6 November 1969) is a Peruvian engineer and politician, belonging to the National Solidarity and is a former Congressman representing the Region of La Libertad from 2006 until he was disqualified in December ...

was removed from office. She represented the

Department of La Libertad La Libertad (; in English: ''The Liberty'') is a region in northwestern Peru. Formerly it was known as the Department of La Libertad ('). It is bordered by the Lambayeque, Cajamarca and Amazonas regions on the north, the San Martín Region on t ...

from 2014 to 2016.

Biography

Carmen Rosa Núñez Campos was born in

Chota District Chota District is one of nineteen districts in the Chota Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2008. It is located in the central part of the province in the no ...

on 11 May 1954. She is the ex-wife of politician

César Acuña Peralta Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * César (film), ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * César (film), ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Pla ...

and mother of congressman Richard Acuña. She earned a Bachelor of Education degree from the

National University of Trujillo The National University of Trujillo ( es, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo) (UNT) is a major public university located in Trujillo, Peru, capital of the department of La Libertad. The university was founded by Simón Bolívar and José Faustin ...

. As an educational entrepreneur, she founded

Cesar Vallejo University Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

with César Acuña, and she manages one of its subsidiaries in

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Political life

In 2002, Rosa Núñez ran for mayor of the

Víctor Larco Herrera District Víctor Larco Herrera also called commonly Víctor Larco is a district and a city of the north coast of Peru. It is located on a plain along the Pacific Ocean and is linked by a conurbation with Trujillo in La Libertad region. It is considered o ...

in Trujillo, representing the Democratic Force party and receiving 7.74% of votes. She was nominated for the Congress of the Republic in the 2011 general election, representing the

for the National Solidarity. In mid-2013, a complaint was made against Núñez for trespassing on a piece of land valued at $100,000 in Trujillo's La Encalada area, and subsequently also denounced for trespassing on a piece of land of more than 1,000 square meters in Puerto Morín. In December 2013, she was accredited by the national jury of elections to occupy the congressional seat formerly occupied by

, representing La Libertad for the National Solidarity party. She served in this capacity until 27 July 2016 as she was defeated for re-election in the 2016 elections in which she ran under the

Peruvians for Change Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...

. She ran for mayor of Trujillo in the 2018 municipal election, losing to .

References

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