Gisela Ortiz

Andrea Gisela Ortiz Perea (born 1972) is a Peruvian human rights activist and politician. She served as minister of culture of Peru from 2021 to 2022.

Gisela Ortiz Perea
Gisela Ortiz
18th Minister of Culture
In office
October 6, 2021 – February 1, 2022
PresidentPedro Castillo
Preceded byCiro Gálvez
Succeeded byAlejandro Salas
Personal details
Alma materNational University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle
OccupationHuman rights activist and politician

Biography

Ortiz was born in Chachapoyas, Peru, in 1972. She graduated from the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle, where she studied business administration.[1]

Gisela Ortiz speaks into a megaphone at a protest.
Gisela Ortiz at a protest in 2012.

In 1992, she was designated the spokesperson for the relatives of the victims of the La Cantuta massacre, in which a professor and nine students from the National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle — including her brother Luis Enrique Ortiz Perea — were kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the Grupo Colina, a far-right Peruvian paramilitary group.[2][3][4] The La Cantuta massacre is one of the incidents for which former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison.[5]

Since 2009, she has served as the director of operations for the Equipo Peruano de Antropología Forense (EPAF), an NGO dedicated to searching for and identifying missing persons.[4]

In October 2021, she was named minister of culture in President Pedro Castillo's government.[1] She served until February 2022, when she stepped down in a cabinet reshuffle.[6]

References
  1. "Gisela Ortiz: hoja de vida, perfil de la nueva titular del Ministerio de Cultura". La República (in Spanish). 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. "AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA TEMÁTICA "VIOLENCIA POLÍTICA Y COMUNIDAD UNIVERSITARIA"". Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (in Spanish). 1995-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. "Tras 16 años de matanza de La Cantuta familiares velan restos de fallecidos". La Tercera (in Spanish). 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. "Gisela Ortiz, la nueva ministra de Cultura [PERFIL]". RPP (in Spanish). 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. "Peru's Fujimori gets 25 years prison for massacres". Reuters. 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  6. "Pedro Castillo: mandatario tomó juramento a su nuevo gabinete ministerial". La República (in Spanish). 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-07-28.


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