Patricia Salas O'Brien (also known as, Patricia Salas;

Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara language, Aymara and ), also known by its nicknames of ''Ciudad Blanca'' (Spanish for "White City") and ''León del Sur'' (Spanish for "South's Lion"), is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous Arequipa (province), ...

, December 6, 1958) is a Peruvian sociologist with expertise in education and

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. She served as

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from July 28, 2011, to October 31, 2013.

Biography

Emma Patricia Salas O'Brien holds a degree in sociology from the

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(UNSA), with a master's degree in Development Strategies and Social Policies from the same university. She also completed a Ph.D. in Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Santa María (UCSM) in

. She has been a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Social History and Sociology at UCSM (1989–2010), as well as a senior lecturer and researcher at the Institute for Educational Research and Policy at the

Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (''Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya'' – UARM) is a private, non-profit university located in the city of Lima, Peru, in the district of Pueblo Libre. It was founded by the Society of Jesus on 4 July 2003. I ...

(UARM) (2010–2011). She was president of the (National Education Council) (CNE), from 2005 to 2008, and participated in the design of the current National Education Project. She was an associate of the (Center for Research, Education and Development) (CIED), as well as a founding member of the .She is an associate of the Colectivo Laboratorio de Politica y Cultura. On July 28, 2011, she was sworn in as Minister of Education, as a member of President

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's first cabinet. The ceremony was held in the Golden Hall of the Government Palace.

References

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