Luciana Milagros León Romero (born 30 June 1978) is a
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
vian politician (
APRA). She is the daughter of
Rómulo León Alegría, a well known politician in Peru.
Education
Luciana León holds a law degree from the
University of Lima
The University of Lima (; ; ) is a private nonprofit university in Lima, Peru.
It was founded in 1962. The decision to create the University of Lima was made in the early 1960s by a group of university professors, along with commerce and indu ...
and a Master of Governance and Public Policy from the University of San Martín de Porres.
Political career
In February 1993, at the age of 14, she became General Secretary of the
Aprista Party's youth wing, serving until 1995. In 2002, she was an advisor to the Women's commission of the
Congress
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, subsequently advisor to the Vice President of Congress, her mentor
Mercedes Cabanillas
Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamante (born May 22, 1947) is a Peruvian educator and politician. A prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, she served as Minister of Education in the first presidency of Alan García, making her the first woman ...
until 2003. From 2004 to 2005, she was advisor to the general direction of the
Ministry of Transportation and Communications. In 2006, León was elected
Congresswoman
A member of congress (MOC), also known as a congressman or congresswoman, is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The t ...
representing
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 ...
and being the youngest representative in the 2006–2011 term. In the
2011 election, she was re-elected for another five-year term as one of only four Aprista lawmakers left.
She testified during the investigation of the
2008 Peru oil scandal after her name came up in e-mails indicating she was involved in the scandal.
Awards and recognition
She has been named #1 in an international Internet poll, run by Spain's ''
20 Minutos
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History
Multiprensa & Mas S.L. was founded in Madrid in 1999. The founder of 20 minutos is José Antonio Martínez ...
'' newspaper in 2009 to find the world's most beautiful female politician.
See also
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Alan García
Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (; 23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the American Popula ...
*
2008 Peru oil scandal
References
External links
Official Congressional SiteLuciana Leon's official siteResume on the National Electoral Panel (JNE) site
Living people
Peruvian people of Spanish descent
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance politicians
Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
1978 births
University of Lima alumni
21st-century Peruvian women politicians
21st-century Peruvian politicians
Women members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
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