Rosario Fernández | |
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Prime Minister of Peru | |
In office 19 March 2011 – 28 July 2011 |
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President | Alan García |
Preceded by | José Antonio Chang |
Succeeded by | Salomón Lerner Ghitis |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 14 September 2010 – 28 July 2011 |
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President | Alan García |
Preceded by | Víctor García Toma |
Succeeded by | Francisco Eguiguren Praeli |
In office 20 December 2007 – 11 July 2009 |
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Preceded by | María Zavala Valladares |
Succeeded by | Aurelio Pastor |
Personal details | |
Born | 1955 (age 61–62) Lima, Peru |
Political party | Independent |
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Peru |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Rosario Del Pilar Fernández Figueroa (born 1955) is a Peruvian politician, who is a former Prime Minister of Peru and Minister of Justice.
Fernández was born in Lima, Peru. She is the daughter of Joffre Fernandez Veldivieso, a constitutional lawyer and former Deputy and Minister of Justice from 1985 to 1990.
She studied law at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, ranking first in the 1977 graduating class. She continued advanced studies in Washington, D.C., gaining experience in civil procedure, arbitration, civil law, family law and international law.
Fernandez was the vice chairman of the from 1988 to 1991 and Treasurer of the Board of the Lima Bar Association from 1993 to 1994. During this time, she was also appointed to various committee positions in the Peruvian government, including attorney ad hoc of the Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy, alternate member of the Committee to Protect Minority Shareholders of National Supervisory Commission for Companies and Securities (CONASEV).
She is married to lawyer Ernest Coz and is the mother of two daughters.