Violeta Bermúdez

Violeta Bermúdez
Bermúdez in 2021
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
18 November 2020  28 July 2021
PresidentFrancisco Sagasti
Preceded byÁntero Flores Aráoz
Succeeded byGuido Bellido
Deputy Minister of Women
In office
24 January 2002  1 August 2002
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterRoberto Dañino
Luis Solari
MinisterCecilia Blondet
Ana María Romero-Lozada
Preceded byCecilia Suarez Claros
Succeeded byMaria Elizabeth Querol Campos de Arana
Personal details
Born
Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia

(1961-08-12) 12 August 1961
Lima, Peru
SpouseSamuel Abad Yupanqui
Education
OccupationLawyer, writer, diplomat

Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia (born 12 August 1961) is a Peruvian lawyer, writer and diplomat. On 18 November 2020, Bermúdez became the Prime Minister of Peru. Previously, she held positions in the United States Agency for International Development and worked during the cabinets of President Alejandro Toledo and Prime Minister Beatriz Merino.