Patricia Balbuena

Patricia Jacquelyn Balbuena Palacios is a Peruvian lawyer and public servant. She was the Minister of Culture of Peru from April to November 2018 during the first eight months of Martín Vizcarra's government.

Patricia Balbuena
8th Minister of Culture
In office
2 April 2018 – 30 November 2018
PresidentMartín Vizcarra
Prime MinisterCésar Villanueva
Preceded byAlejandro Neyra
Succeeded byRogers Valencia
Personal details
Born
Patricia Jacquelyn Balbuena Palacios

La Esperanza District, Peru
Alma materNational University of San Marcos
OccupationLawyer, professor, public servant

Biography

Patricia Balbuena was born in La Esperanza District, Trujillo.[1]

She entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where she studied law.[2] She has a master's degree in social policies with a mention in gender, population, and development, and has done doctoral studies in social sciences, with a specialty in anthropology at the National University of San Marcos.[3]

She served as Vice Minister of Intercultural Affairs from November 2013 to August 2016, and was executive director of the Cuna Más program.[4]

Balbuena was the Executive Director of Intercultural Affairs at the Ministry of Culture. She has also been an advisor to the United States Agency for International Development and the World Bank.[5] She worked as a researcher for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She is a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University's School of Government and the National University of San Marcos.[6]

On 2 April 2018, she was sworn in as the fourth Minister of Culture of Peru, in the cabinet of President Martín Vizcarra.[7] She remained in office until 30 November 2018 when she resigned.[8]

References
  1. Planas, Enrique (13 August 2018). "Patricia Balbuena: 'El gran problema del Perú tiene que ver con la autoestima'" [Patricia Balbuena: 'Peru's Big Problem Has to Do With Self-esteem']. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. "Perfil: Patricia Balbuena Palacios, la ministra de Cultura del gabinete Villanueva" [Profile: Patricia Balbuena Palacios, the Minister of Culture of Villanueva's Cabinet] (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. Guzmán, Juan Carlos (2 April 2018). "Ministra de Cultura Patricia Balbuena tiene experiencia en gestión social y pública" [Minister of Culture Patricia Balbuena Has Experience in Social and Public Management] (in Spanish). Lima. Andina. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "Designan a Patricia Balbuena como jefa del programa Cuna Más" [Patricia Balbuena Appointed Chief of the Cuna Más Program]. La República (in Spanish). 23 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. "Patricia Balbuena". International Economic Forum of the Americas. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. "Patricia Balbuena es la nueva Ministra de Cultura" [Patricia Balbuena is the New Minister of Culture] (in Spanish). Lima: Ministry of Culture of Peru. 2 April 2018. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. "Patricia Balbuena juramentó como Ministra de Cultura" [Patricia Balbuena Sworn in as Minister of Culture] (in Spanish). Ministry of Culture of Peru. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  8. Tapullima, Gianella (30 November 2018). "Crisis en Cultura: Renuncia cuarto titular del sector en dos años de gobierno" [Crisis in Culture: Fourth Head of the Sector Resigns in Two Years of Government] (in Spanish). OjoPúblico. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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