Carmen Aurora Marcela Vildoso Chirinos (born March 3, 1956) is a Peruvian sociologist and academic. She served in Alan García's second administration, in the position of Minister of Women and Social Development, from October 2008 to June 2009.

Carmen Vildoso
Minister of Women and Social Development
In office
14 October 2008 – 11 June 2009
PresidentAlan García
Prime MinisterYehude Simon
Preceded bySusana Pinilla
Succeeded byNidia Vílchez
Deputy Minister of Promotion of Employment and Micro and Small Business
In office
10 August 2001 – 15 July 2003
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterRoberto Dañino
Luis Solari
Beatriz Merino
MinisterFernando Villarán de la Puente
Jesús Alvarado Hidalgo
Preceded byMario Arróspide Medina (as Deputy Minister of Social Promotion)
Succeeded byAlejandro Jiménez Morales
Personal details
Born (1956-03-03) 3 March 1956 (age 68)
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyIndependent
Alma materNational University of San Marcos (BA)
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (MA)
ProfessionSociologist

Previously, she served as Deputy Minister of Promotion of Employment and Micro and Small Business at the Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment from August 2001 to July 2003 during Alejandro Toledo’s administration.

Early life and education

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Carmen Vildoso was born in Lima, Peru on March 3, 1956. Her mother, Aurora Chirinos Pizarro, is a renowned biologist and zoologist, specializing in the investigation of fishery biology in the Sea Institute of Peru and the defunct Ministry of Fishing.[1] Her father is Abelardo Vildoso Baca, who served as Director-General of Administration of the Ministry of Fishing during the 1980s.

Upon finishing her elementary and high school education at the San Antonio Women's School, she enrolled in the National University of San Marcos, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology. She attained a master's degree in Sociology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.[2]

Career

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At the start of Alejandro Toledo's administration, Vildoso was appointed Deputy Minister of Promotion of Employment and Micro and Small Business. She resigned in July 2003.[3]

Vildoso was appointed to the Ministry of Women and Social Development as part of a government reshuffle following Jorge Del Castillo's cabinet resignation on October 10, 2008. She was sworn on October 14 under Yehude Simon's cabinet leadership. She had been serving as Technical Secretary of the National Accord since 2004.[4]

In her brief tenure as Minister, she was characterized as a low profile public servant who constantly expressed discrepancies regarding irregular situations involving the government, as she did based on her stance with the Amazon political crisis, which led her to resignation on June 8, 2009.[5][6][7][8] She was succeeded in the Ministry by Peruvian Aprista Party congresswoman Nidia Vílchez, who was switched from the Housing Ministry to Women and Social Development.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Historia – Colegio de Biólogos del Perú".
  2. ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE - CARMEN AURORA MARCELA VILDOSO CHIRINOS" (PDF). upg.derecho.unmsm.edu.pe. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. ^ "Aceptan renuncia de Viceministra de Promoción del Empleo y la Micro y Pequeña Empresa" [Resignation of Vice Minister of Employment Promotion and Micro and Small Business accepted] (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 4.
  4. ^ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA (14 October 2008). "Carmen Vildoso del Acuerdo Nacional confirma designación como nueva ministra de la Mujer". andina.pe.
  5. ^ "Carmen Vildoso decidió irse del Ministerio de la Mujer | LaRepublica.pe". August 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-29.
  6. ^ "MINISTRA CARMEN VILDOSO RENUNCIA POR SUCESOS DE BAGUA". www.radiouno.pe. 9 June 2009.
  7. ^ López, Christian (June 9, 2009). "Renuncia ministra de la Mujer y Desarrollo Social Carmen Vildoso". RPP.
  8. ^ Tapia, Manuel Bermúdez. "Carmen Vildoso renuncia al Ministerio de la Mujer | Blog de Manuel Bermúdez Tapia".
  9. ^ "Gestión | EL DIARIO DE ECONOMÍA Y NEGOCIOS DE PERÚ". archivo.gestion.pe.
  10. ^ Spot sobre paro nativo fue una de las razones de la renuncia de Carmen Vildoso | Gobierno | Política | El Comercio Peru