Luisa María Cuculiza Torre (born 9 March 1942) 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

Fujimorist Fujimorism (, , Hepburn: ) is the policies and the political ideology of former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori as well as the personality cult built around him, his policies and his family, especially Keiko Fujimori. The ideology is defined ...

politician and a

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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 ...

for two terms between 2006 and 2016.

Political career

From 1993 to 1999, she was mayor (alcalde) of Lima's

San Borja District San Borja is a district of the Lima Province in Peru, and one of the upscale districts that comprise the city of Lima. Originally part of the district of Surquillo and San Isidro, it became officially established as a separate district on June ...

. She was the Minister of Women's Promotion and Social Development from 1999 to 2000, under President

Alberto Fujimori Alberto Kenji Fujimori Fujimori (26 July 1938 – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.* * * * * * * Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's fir ...

. From 2004 to 2010, she was the secretary of the

Sí Cumple Sí Cumple (approximate translation: "Keep Promises" or "He Delivers"), until 2005 called Let's Go Neighbor (, VV), was a political party of Peru founded by Alberto Fujimori in 1997 in order for the party to participate in that year's municipal e ...

party, coordinating the party's local and regional governments, and was the candidate for First Vice President on the Fujimori-led Sí Cumple ticket in the 2006 election, which was rejected due to a ban on the former president. Nevertheless, she was elected to

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in the constituency of

on the Alliance for the Future list. In the 2011 elections, she was re-elected for another five-year term, this time on the Fuerza 2011 party.

External links

Official Congressional Site
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