Marisol Pérez Tello

María Soledad Pérez Tello de Rodríguez (born April 11, 1969) is a Peruvian lawyer, notary and politician. A former member of the Christian People's Party, she served as its general secretary from 2017 until her departure in 2022. She currently leads Lo Justo por el Perú, a self-described radical centrist party alongside Flor Pablo, annexed to First The People – Community, Ecology, Liberty, and Progress.

Born in the southern region of Tacna, Pérez Tello pursued a law degree at the University of San Martín de Porres, graduating with honors. Subsequently, she started off in her career as public notary, specializing in Human Rights defense. She later attained a master's degree in constitutional law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and a doctorate in law from her first school. At the same time, she became heavily involved in the ranks of the Christian People's Party, running unsuccessfully for the Peruvian Congress in 2006, and for the Lima City Council in 2010.

At the 2011 general election, Pérez Tello was selected as Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's second running mate in the Alliance for the Great Change coalition ticket, which included her party. The ticket ultimately placed third in the election, but Pérez Tello was elected to Congress representing the Lima constituency. In her five-year tenure, she took a strong leadership role in the christian democrat caucus as part of key congressional committees, mainly the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. She decided against running for reelection in 2016 at the conclusion of her term, in part due to her party running allied with the social democrat Peruvian Aprista Party, which she did not approve.

During the first part of the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Pérez Tello served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights, from July 2016 to September 2017. In her tenure, she championed several structural reforms for the National Penitentiary Institute, and paved way for the National Agreement for Justice, an accord between key Peruvian justice agencies to provide accountability and strengthen the national justice system.