Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia (born 12 August 1961) is a Peruvian lawyer, writer and diplomat. On 18 November 2020, Bermúdez became the

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. Previously, she held positions in the

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and worked during the cabinets of President

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and Prime Minister Beatriz Merino.

Political career

From April 1997 to January 2002, she served as the Human Rights Coordinator of the

representing

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. Bermúdez was appointed Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Women's Promotion and Human Development on 24 January 2002 by President

. She had a role in gaining the approval of policies at the Forum of Equity and Social Justice of the National Agreement. In July 2003, she was Chief of the Cabinet of Advisors to Prime Minister Beatriz Merino. She left the position a few months later in December. Between 2012 and 2017, she was Director of the Pro-Decentralization Project for the United States Agency for International Development.

Prime minister

On 18 November 2020, President

Francisco Sagasti Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler (; born 10 October 1944) is a Peruvian engineer, academic, politician, and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021. Sagasti has worked as an advisor for economic developme ...

appointed Bermúdez as

. She replaced

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 th ...

following the growing

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in the country. She is the fifth woman to hold this position in the country's history.

Personal life

She was born in

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

. Bermúdez studied law at the

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and at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic church, being the oldest private institution of higher learning in the country. The Peru ...

. She is married to lawyer Samuel Abad Yupanqui.

Publications

*''La regulación jurídica del aborto en América Latina y el Caribe: estudio comparativo'' (1998) *''Gender and power. The Political Equality of Women'' (2019)

References

External links

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