Elsa Patricia Galarza Contreras (b. 12 August 1963) is a Peruvian economist. She had been the Minister of the Environment from 28 July 2016 to 2 April 2018.
Elsa Galarza | |
|---|---|
 Elsa Galarza in 2018 | |
| Minister of Environment | |
| In office July 28, 2016 – April 2, 2018 | |
| President | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
| Prime Minister | Fernando Zavala Mercedes Aráoz |
| Preceded by | Manuel Pulgar-Vidal |
| Succeeded by | Fabiola Martha Muñoz Dodero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 12, 1963 Lima |
| Nationality |  Peru |
| Alma mater | University of the Pacific Iowa State University |
| Occupation | Economist |
Biography
editGalarza holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of the Pacific in Lima and a master's degree, also in economics, from Iowa State University. She was the Deputy Ministry of Fisheries within the Peruvian Ministry of Production during the second term of Alan García as President of Peru, adviser to the ministerial office of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and a member of the Multisectorial Group charged with the creation of the Ministry of Environment. She has also been a consultant for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, among others.[1]
As a teacher, Galarza has been a professor at the Academic Department of Economics for the University of the Pacific in Lima and the director of the same university's economics research center.[2]
Minister of Environment
editOn 15 July 2016, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski appointed Galarzaas the[1] Minister of Environment,[3] making her the first woman to hold the position.[4]
Citations
edit- ^ a b "Elsa Galarza Contreras. Ministra del Ambiente" (PDF). minam.gob.pe (in Spanish). Peruvian Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Galarza Contreras, Elsa Patricia. Perfil docente". up.edu.pe (in Spanish). University of the Pacific. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ "PPK: estos son los integrantes de su primer Gabinete Ministerial". El Comercio (in Spanish). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Conoce a Elsa Galarza: la primera mujer que liderará el Ministerio del Ambiente". spda.org.pe (in Spanish). SPDA. Retrieved 20 October 2016.