Martha Chávez
| Martha Gladys Chávez Cossío de Ocampo | |
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Martha Chávez (2012)
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| Member of Congress | |
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Assumed office 26 July 2011 |
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In office 26 July 1995 – 26 July 2006 |
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| President of Congress | |
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In office 26 July 1995 – 26 July 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Office inaugurated |
| Succeeded by | Víctor Joy Way |
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January 12, 1953 Callao, Peru |
| Nationality |
 Peruvian
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| Political party |
Fuerza Popular New Majority (until 2011) |
| Children | One daughter |
| Website | Official Site |
Martha Gladys Chávez Cossío de Ocampo (born January 12, 1953) is a Peruvian politician and lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for president in the 2006 presidential elections on the Alliance for the Future ticket.
From 1970 to 1976, Martha Chávez studied law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. From 1986 to 1988 she studied additionally for a master's degree in international economic law. From 1984 to 1992, she worked as an associate lawyer for a Limean law firm. From 2006 to 2010 she lectured on a part-time base at the private University San Juan Bautista.
After Alberto Fujimori's self-coup on April 5, 1992, Martha Chávez was made a member of the Democratic Constitutional Congress, which wrote a new constitution during the Peruvian Constitutional Crisis of 1992. Chávez personally introduced the clauses of the Peruvian Constitution that allowed Fujimori to run for a second term and suggested that she might attempt to abolish all term limits on the presidency. Chávez was the first woman to be elected President of the Congress of Peru in 1995.
Chávez was first elected to Congress in 1992. She was suspended from active duty as a congresswoman in June 2001 due to charges of corruption. From 1998 to 2004, she was secretary-general, from 2004 to 2011 chairwoman of the fujimorist New Majority party.
One of her most controversial actions as congresswoman happened while the La Cantuta massacre case was making headlines in Peru. During the investigations and legal procedures, it was revealed that at least 10 people were kidnapped and killed by the Peruvian military. Chávez responded by introducing a law that prohibited the judicial powers from calling low-level military officials to testify in court cases. The resolution passed after opposition lawmakers walked out of Congress in protest.
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