Gloria Montenegro (politician) explained

Gloria Montenegro
Office:Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations
Term Start:11 March 2019
Term End:6 August 2020
President:Martín Vizcarra
Primeminister:Salvador del Solar
Vicente Zeballos
Pedro Cateriano
Predecessor:Ana María Mendieta
Successor:Rosario Sasieta
Office1:Member of Congress
Constituency1:La Libertad
Term Start1:27 July 2016
Term End1:30 September 2019
Office2:Mayor of Trujillo
Term Start2:23 April 2014
Term End2:31 December 2014
Predecessor2:César Acuña
Successor2:Elidio Espinoza
Birth Date:30 March 1956
Birth Place:La Unión, Huánuco, Peru
Party:Alliance for Progress (2014-2019)
Purple Party (since 2020)

Gloria Edelmira Montenegro Figueroa (born 30 March 1956) is a Peruvian politician. She served as the Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations in the presidency of Martín Vizcarra.

Early life and education

Montenegro was born on 30 March 1956 in La Unión, Huánuco. She grew up in Chiclayo then moved to Lambayeque, where she studied accounting and administration at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo.[1]

Political career

In 2006, Montenegro was elected councilwoman (regidora) in Trujillo City Council; four years later she was elected deputy mayor of that city.[2] In May 2014, she was appointed mayor of Trujillo (alcaldesa provincial) after her predecessor César Acuña resigned so that he could run for election to governor of the Department of La Libertad.[3] She was mayor until the end of the year.

As a member of the Peruvian party Alliance for Progress, Montenegro was elected to congress in the 2016 elections in Peru. She was elected as a member for La Libertad for the legislative period from 28 July 2016 to 28 July 2021.[4] On 11 March 2019, she was appointed Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, succeeding Ana María Mendieta.[5]

After President Martín Vizcarra dissolved Congress on 30 September 2019, she and the other congressmembers lost their seats. Early new elections followed on 26 January 2020, in which the 130 seats in Congress were redistributed until the end of the legislative period. Montenegro was not re-elected. She remained Minister for Women and Vulnerable Populations until 6 August 2020. Three days earlier, Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano was ousted by a vote of no confidence. As a result, the new Prime Minister Walter Martos filled the cabinet. He appointed Rosario Sasieta to succeed Montenegro.[6] In October 2020, she joined the Purple Party after having previously left the APP.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry on the website of the Peruvian Congress . https://web.archive.org/web/20200303061001/http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresistas2016/GloriaMontenegro/. 3 March 2020 .
  2. Web site: Gloria Montenegro se inscribió en el Partido Morado . Diario Correo . 2020-10-05 . 2020-12-16 . es.
  3. Web site: Gloria Montenegro es oficialmente alcaldesa de Trujillo . RPP . 2014-05-14 . 2020-12-16 . es.
  4. Web site: Congresista Gloria Montenegro sí cobrará S/. 15 mil 600 por gasto de instalación . RPP . 2016-07-05 . 2020-12-16 . es.
  5. Web site: Gloria Montenegro es ratificada como titular de la Mujer y Poblaciones Vulnerables . Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano . 2019-10-03 . 2020-12-16 . es.
  6. Web site: Rosario Sasieta jura como ministra de la Mujer en reemplazo de Gloria Montenegro . La Industria . 2020-08-06 . 2020-12-18 . es.