Patricia Salas O'Brien

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salas, the second or maternal family name is O'Brien.
Patricia Salas O'Brien
Minister of Education of Peru
In office
28 July 2011 – 31 October 2013
PresidentOllanta Humala
Personal details
Born
Emma Patricia Salas O'Brien

December 6, 1958
Arequipa, Peru
Alma mater
OccupationSociologist

Patricia Salas O'Brien (also known as, Patricia Salas; Arequipa, December 6, 1958) is a Peruvian sociologist with expertise in education and social development. She served as Minister of Education of Peru from July 28, 2011, to October 31, 2013.

Biography

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Emma Patricia Salas O'Brien holds a degree in sociology from the National University of Saint Augustine (UNSA), with a master's degree in Development Strategies and Social Policies from the same university. She also completed a Ph.D. in Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Santa María (UCSM) in Arequipa.[1][2]

She has been a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Social History and Sociology at UCSM (1989-2010), as well as a senior lecturer and researcher at the Institute for Educational Research and Policy at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (UARM) (2010-2011).[3] She was president of the Consejo Nacional de Educación (Perú) [es] (National Education Council) (CNE), from 2005 to 2008, and participated in the design of the current National Education Project. She is an associate of the Centro de Investigación, Educación y Desarrollo (Center for Research, Education and Development) (CIED), as well as a founding member of the Grupo Impulsor Inversión en la Infancia.

On July 28, 2011, she was sworn in as Minister of Education, as a member of President Ollanta Humala's first cabinet. The ceremony was held in the Golden Hall of the Government Palace.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Patricia Salas O´Brien: perfil de la próxima ministra de Educación". RPP (in Spanish). 25 July 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Patricia Salas O'Brien - Ministra de Educación" (in Spanish). Presidencia de la República del Perú. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Patricia Salas O'Brien". www.educaccionperu.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Presidente Ollanta Humala tomó juramento a Miembros de su Gabinete Ministerial" (in Spanish). Presidencia de la República del Perú. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 19 February 2023. Educación, Patricia Salas
  5. ^ "El presidente Ollanta Humala tomó juramento a sus 18 ministros". El Comercio (in Spanish). 28 July 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2023. Patricia Salas O'Brien, ministra de Educación.
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