Beatriz Merino

Beatriz Merino
Merino in 2011
President of César Vallejo University
Assumed office
February 8, 2016
Preceded byOffice created
2nd Public Defender of Peru
In office
September 29, 2005 – March 30, 2011
Preceded byWalter Albán (Acting)
Succeeded byEduardo Vega (Acting)
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
June 23, 2003 – December 15, 2003
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Preceded byLuis Solari De La Fuente
Succeeded byCarlos Ferrero
Member of Congress
In office
July 26, 1995 – July 26, 2000
ConstituencyNational
Member of the Senate
In office
July 26, 1990 – April 5, 1992
ConstituencyNational
Personal details
Born
Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero

(1947-11-15) November 15, 1947 (age 76)
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyIndependent (1992–present)
Other political
affiliations
Liberty Movement (1989–1992)
Alma materNational University of San Marcos (LLB)
London School of Economics (LLM)
Harvard University (LLM)

Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero (born November 15, 1947) is a Peruvian lawyer, academic and politician who served as the first female Prime Minister of Peru, in 2003. She previously served as Senator and Congresswoman from 1990 until 2000. Following her tenure in Alejandro Toledo's cabinet, Merino was appointed by the Peruvian Congress as the national ombudswoman for Peru, serving from 2005 to 2011, a position officially known as the Public Defender, being the second to hold the position.

Prominently a female leading persona in Peru, Merino is currently a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally, for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.