Mercedes Cabanillas | |
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| Chairman of the Peruvian Aprista Party National Political Commission | |
| In office 7 June 2004 – 5 March 2010 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Javier Velásquez |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 19 February 2009 – 11 July 2009 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Prime Minister | Yehude Simon |
| Preceded by | Remigio Hernani Meloni |
| Succeeded by | Octavio Salazar Miranda |
| President of Congress | |
| In office 26 July 2006 – 26 July 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Marcial Ayaipoma |
| Succeeded by | Luis Gonzales Posada |
| Member of Congress | |
| In office 26 July 2000 – 25 July 2011 | |
| Constituency | Lima (2001-2011) National (2000-2001) |
| Senator of the Republic | |
| In office 26 July 1990 – 5 April 1992 | |
| Constituency | National |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 5 May 1990 – 28 July 1990 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Prime Minister | Guillermo Larco Cox |
| Preceded by | Efraín Orbegozo Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Gloria Helfer Palacios |
| In office 26 June 1987 – 9 August 1988 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Prime Minister | Guillermo Larco Cox Armando Villanueva |
| Preceded by | Grover Pango Vildoso |
| Succeeded by | Efraín Orbegozo Rodríguez |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office July 26, 1985 – July 26, 1990 | |
| Constituency | Lima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1947 Callao, Peru |
| Nationality |  Peruvian |
| Political party | Peruvian Aprista Party |
| Spouse | Luis Llanos de la Matta |
| Residence | Lima |
| Alma mater | Federico Villarreal National University (BA) Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University (MA, PhD) |
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 to assume a cabinet position in the history of Peru.[1] Most recently, she briefly served as Minister of Interior in Alan García's second presidency, a position subject to scrutiny as she was signaled as responsible of the repression of natives in the 2009 Amazon crisis, in Bagua, which forced her to resign, and effectively ended her political career.[2]
Throughout most of her political career, Cabanillas served as a congresswoman in a variety of non-consecutive terms between 1985 and 2011. In the 1995 elections, she became the first woman to be selected as a major party presidential nominee with the Peruvian Aprista Party, placing third in the general election. She would go on to be elected as the third woman (after Martha Chávez and Martha Hildebrandt) to be President of Congress in 2006.[3]
Cabanillas retired from politics after she was defeated in her congressional reelection bid in the 2011 general election.[4]
- ^ "Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamante" (PDF). Congress of Peru (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Pérez, Luis Enrique (5 June 2019). "A 10 años del 'Baguazo': Solo indígenas y policías son procesados y no hay políticos responsables". Convoca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Mercedes Cabanillas proclamada presidenta del Congreso". Peru Election 2006 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Chuquillanqui, Fernando (21 February 2011). "Cabanillas: Vamos a pasar la valla electoral con tranquilidad". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2024.