{{Short description|Peruvian politician and academic}} {{family name hatnote|Merino|Lucero|lang=Hispanic American}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Beatriz Merino | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Sun of Peru|OSP]] | image = Beatrizmerino.jpg | office = [[Universidad César Vallejo|President of César Vallejo University]] | term_start = 1 January 2016 | term_end = 31 December 2025 | predecessor = Office created | successor = | office1 = 2nd [[Peruvian ombudsman|Public Defender of Peru]] | term_start1 = 29 September 2005 | term_end1 = 30 March 2011 | predecessor1 = Walter Albán {{small|(Acting)}} | successor1 = Eduardo Vega {{small|(Acting)}} | office2 = [[Prime Minister of Peru]] | president2 = [[Alejandro Toledo]] | term_start2 = 23 June 2003 | term_end2 = 15 December 2003 | predecessor2 = [[Luis Solari De La Fuente]] | successor2 = [[Carlos Ferrero]] | office3 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]] | term_start3 = 26 July 1995 | term_end3 = 26 July 2000 | constituency3 = National | office4 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of the Senate]] | term_start4 = 26 July 1990 | term_end4 = 5 April 1992 | constituency4 = National | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|11|15}} | birth_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(1992–present)}} | other_party = [[Liberty Movement]] {{small|(1989–1992)}} | alma_mater = [[National University of San Marcos]] ([[Bachelor of Law|LLB]])<br />[[London School of Economics]] ([[Master of Law|LLM]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Law|LLM]]) | birth_name = Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero | caption = Merino in 2011 }}
'''Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero''' (born November 15, 1947) is a [[Peruvian]] lawyer, academic and politician who served as the first female [[Prime Minister of Peru]], in 2003. She previously served as Senator and Congresswoman from 1990 until 2000. Following her tenure in [[Alejandro Toledo]]'s cabinet, Merino was appointed by the [[Peruvian Congress]] as the national [[Peruvian ombudsman|ombudswoman]] for Peru, serving from 2005 to 2011, a position officially known as the ''Public Defender'', being the second to hold the position.
A female leading persona in Peru, Merino is currently a member of the [[Council of Women World Leaders]], an international network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the high-level women leaders globally, for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.
==Early life and education== Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero was born on November 15, 1947, in [[Lima]], [[Peru]]. Her father, Augusto Merino Abrego (1915–2015), was a decorated public servant, serving as Treasurer and Finance Director of the [[San Isidro District, Lima|San Isidro]] municipality. Throughout her career and in various interviews offered to the media, Merino highlighted the influence of her father on her professional development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/864150-fallecio-padre-de-la-ex-defensora-del-pueblo-beatriz-merino/|title=Falleció padre de la ex defensora del Pueblo, Beatriz Merino|date=19 March 2015}}</ref> Her mother was Aída Lucero (1916–2013).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peru21.pe/politica/murio-madre-exdefensora-pueblo-beatriz-merino-94431-noticia/|title=Murió la madre de la exdefensora del Pueblo Beatriz Merino | POLITICA|date=23 February 2013}}</ref>
After finishing high school at the Parochial School of Santa Rosa of [[Lince District|Lince]], Merino enrolled in the [[National University of San Marcos]]. Graduating a with law degree in 1970, she was awarded a scholarship in order to attend the [[London School of Economics]] graduate program, where she would attain a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in tax law in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/law/centenary/people/beatriz-merino|title = Beatriz Merino (LLM, 1972)}}</ref> Relocating to the [[United States]], she pursued a second Master of Laws at [[Harvard University]] with a [[Fulbright]] scholarship, becoming the first Peruvian woman to graduate from [[Harvard Law School]], in 1977.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.defensoria.gob.pe/defensores/beatriz-merino-lucero/|title=Beatriz Merino Lucero|website=Defensoria del Pueblo - Perú}}</ref>
==Career== Following her graduation from Harvard, Merino pursued a career at [[Procter & Gamble]], serving as Legal, Commercial, International, Environment and Corporate Manager. She held the positions in Lima, Caracas (Latin America headquarters) and Cincinnati (world headquarters). She was also the director of Procter & Gamble for Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Colombia, from January 1979 to November 1989, and from July 1992 to December 1994.
In 1989, [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] invited her to run for the [[Peruvian Congress|Peruvian Senate]] in the [[1990 Peruvian general election|1990 general election]]. Running as part of the [[Democratic Front (Peru)|Democratic Front (FREDEMO)]] coalition, she was ultimately elected along twenty other candidates from the [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]] and [[Popular Action (Peru)]], being herself a member of the [[Liberty Movement]].
During her time as a Senator, she presided over the Environment, Ecology and Amazon Committee and the Women's Rights Committee. Her tenure would be cut-short on April 5, 1992, as president [[Alberto Fujimori]] dissolved congress with a [[1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis|self-coup]]. She would return to the newly inaugurated unicameral Congress in [[1995 Peruvian general election|1995]], running as an independent within the [[Independent Moralizing Front]], led by [[Fernando Olivera (politician)|Fernando Olivera]] and remained a renowned voice of the opposition against the Fujimori regime.
In 1993, Merino founded the Merino & Reaño Law Firm, where she worked extensively in commercial, labor, corporate and environmental legislation.<ref name="auto1">Initial Signatories to the Global Action Plan</ref> She was senior partner from 1993 to 2001.
Approaching the [[2000 Peruvian general election|2000 general election]], mayor Alberto Andrade of [[Lima]] invited Merino as his second running mate for the [[We Are Peru]] nomination, alongside [[Luis Guerrero (politician)|Luis Guerrero]] as first running mate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/Politico/FichaPolitico/martha-beatriz-merino-lucero_procesos-electorales_l65Y3fp+LR8=5f|title=Infogob | Observatorio para la Gobernabilidad|website=Infogob}}</ref> Despite favorable polling numbers at the start of the race, the government's machinations led by [[National Intelligence Service (Peru)|National Intelligence Service]] ran a smear campaign against Andrade, ultimately destroying his chances in the general election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/internacional/latinoamerica/2016-03-05/la-prensa-chicha-al-servicio-de-fujimori-1276569212/|title=La "prensa chicha", al servicio de Fujimori|date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
Following Fujimori's downfall in late 2000, Merino was appointed Superintendent of the Peruvian Internal Revenue Service, serving from 2001 to 2003. During her two-year tenure, she directed the master's degree program in taxation and fiscal policy at the [[University of Lima]].
===Prime Minister of Peru (2003)=== Merino became the President of the Council of Ministers on June 23, 2003, the highest political rank ever held by a woman in the history of Peru,<ref name="auto1"/> appointed by president [[Alejandro Toledo]]. During her brief premiership, she led a successful tax reform bill, and laid over a modernizing restructuring process of the [[Peruvian government]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ucv.edu.pe/assets/imgs/autoridades/HojaVida_BeatrizMerino.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-05-23 |archive-date=2017-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713110311/http://www.ucv.edu.pe/assets/imgs/autoridades/HojaVida_BeatrizMerino.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On July 18, 2003, she appeared before Congress in order present the general policy of the government and request the confidence vote. Merino referred to the government's economic policy and promotion of economic development and employment. Merino received confirmation of Congress with 61 votes in favor, 1 against and 17 abstentions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Las reacciones|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/345476-las-reacciones/|date=18 July 2003|work=La República}}</ref>
Her management was characterized by lifting the Toledo regime's approval ratings; however, she resigned on December 15, 2003, at the request of Toledo, citing differences in policy management.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_3321000/3321361.stm|title = Perú: Renuncia jefa del gabinete|date = 15 December 2003}}</ref>
In early December 2003, a television program questioned Merino about an alleged influence peddling to favor friends and family during her time as Superintendent at the Peruvian Internal Revenue Service (SUNAT). Given this, in an appearance before the local press denied that she had influenced the hiring for her friends. After that, Merino traveled to the United States for academic conferences.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2003/12/15/0001/14/4C7303050D644F00814FE1E29D8738E6.html|title = Primera Ministra de Perú dimite a su cargo|date = 15 December 2003}}</ref>
On December 13, president Toledo asked for the resignation of all his ministers and the 7 presidential advisers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/12/13/internacional/1071282101.html|title = Elmundo.es - Alejandro Toledo solicita la renuncia de todos sus ministros}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2003/12/13/actualidad/1071270002_850215.html|title = El presidente de Perú pide la renuncia de todos sus ministros por supuestos casos de corrupción|newspaper = El País|date = 13 December 2003}}</ref>
Upon her return to Lima, Merino explained to the press that she had resigned from the office of Prime Minister on the first day of December and that President Toledo asked her to stay a while longer until he found a successor.<ref name="auto2"/> She also commented that she was summoned in October by a senior dignitary of the Catholic Church, who informed her that a political leader made accusations against her and questioned her moral integrity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/350430-los-hechos-ocurrieron-conforme-los-he-descrito/|title = "Los hechos ocurrieron conforme los he descrito"|date = 15 December 2003}}</ref> She was succeeded in the premiership by [[Carlos Ferrero]], a prominent member of [[Possible Peru]] and three-year president of Congress.
===Public Defender (2005–2011)=== After stepping down as Prime Minister, Merino held high approval ratings as a public persona. While On September 29, 2005, Congress elected her as the second [[Peruvian ombudsman|Public Defender of Peru]], succeeding the acting holder, Walter Albán. Congress had been unable to appoint a new holder since the expiration of Jorge Santistevan de Noriega's term in 2000. She was nominated by the [[National Unity (Peru)|National Unity]] parliamentary bench.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/Sicr/CenDocBib/cat_uibd.nsf/RepDocmParlam?OpenForm&CARPETA=(ELECCION_DEFENSOR_PUEBLO)&FIN|title=Documentos Catalogados|website=www2.congreso.gob.pe}}</ref> Until her election as Defender, she served at the [[World Bank]] as Senior Specialist in the Public Sector area, in charge of issues related to Tax Administration and Policy, Modernization of the State and Strengthening of Congresses for Latin America.<ref name="auto"/>
During her term as Public Defender, she successfully called for the release of peasants from Chaca ([[Ayacucho]]) unfairly accused of terrorism, raised the inquiry on the creation of the [[Ministry of Environment (Peru)|Ministry of the Environment]] (2008), recommended the reform of the Pension Standardization Office (2008–2009), took over the Vilma Palma Case achieving a first sentence for discrimination in Peru (2009), and contributed in the Prior Consultation Law (2009).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/actualidad/papel-jugado-defensoria-20-anos-398743-noticia/|title = ¿Qué papel ha jugado la Defensoría en estos 20 años? | POLITICA|date = 7 September 2016}}</ref> Overall, she has been cited for contributing to the restoration of peace and the restitution of the affected rights of the most vulnerable sectors of the Peruvian population.
===Later career (2011–2015)=== [[Image:Beatrizmerinoatharvardclubofperu.jpg|thumb|From left to right. Leading Peruvian businessman Diego de la Torre, Director of the [[David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies]] Merilee Grindle, President of the Harvard Law School Association of Peru Víctor M. Marroquín, and Merino at a Harvard Club of Peru meeting in December 2011.]]
Her term in the Office of the Public Defender expired in 2010, but she remained in office until she tendered her resignation on March 30, 2011, being succeeded by Eduardo Luna Vega, who served as acting defender until the election of Walter Gutiérrez Camacho en 2016. Following her resignation, she was appointed Chairwoman of the Public Pension's Administrators Association.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-03-31-confirmado-beatriz-merino-asumira-presidencia-de-las-afp-noticia_350744.html|title=Confirmado: Beatriz Merino asumirá presidencia de las AFP | RPP NOTICIAS|date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114346/http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-03-31-confirmado-beatriz-merino-asumira-presidencia-de-las-afp-noticia_350744.html|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref> She stepped down on January 16, 2012. During her time in office, she contributed to the expansion of knowledge of the private pension's system throughout the country, taking over the initiative of improving the benefits of affiliated members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7p_NTObQDU&list=ULAutowl5bYS4&index=1846 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/O7p_NTObQDU| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Beatriz Merino renunció a la presidencia de la AFP.|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In November 2011, she was appointed director of the Center for Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability of CENTRUM, renowned business school of the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]]. She stepped down from the academic post in November 2015. Conjointly, she served as Chairwoman of the National Hydrocarbons Society, from January 2013 to December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actualidadambiental.pe/beatriz-merino-es-la-presidente-de-la-sociedad-peruana-de-hidrocarburos/|title = Beatriz Merino es la presidente de la Sociedad Peruana de Hidrocarburos|date = 11 March 2013}}</ref>
Merino is part of the Advanced Leadership Initiative at [[Harvard University]].<ref>https://advancedleadership.harvard.edu/people/beatriz-merino {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
=== César Vallejo University (2016–2025) === Academically, she currently serves as executive president of the [[Universidad César Vallejo|César Vallejo University]] since February 8, 2016, appointed by then-presidential nominee [[César Acuña Peralta]], who has allegedly committed plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation and has been involved in several cases of money laundering. Following these allegations, Francisco Miró Quesada Rada resigned as executive president, due in particular to the plagiarism allegations against Acuña in the middle of the presidential campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/elecciones/acuna-familia-apartan-universidad-cesar-vallejo-392073-noticia/|title=Acuña y su familia se apartan de la Universidad César Vallejo | POLITICA|date=6 February 2016}}</ref>
Under Merino's leadership, the university formally implemented the [[Turnitin]] plagiarism detection service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pinedo |first=Xilena |date=2022-09-11 |title=Comité de Ética de la UCV concluye que hubo plagio de artículo científico publicado en EE.UU. |url=https://ojo-publico.com/3684/comite-de-etica-de-ucv-concluye-que-hubo-plagio-en-tesis-traducida |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Ojo Público |language=es}}</ref> Before, there was no plagiarism detection service available at the university, being among the plagiarizers future Peruvian president [[Pedro Castillo]] and [[First Lady of Peru|first lady]], Lilia Paredes, both graduate students of the same university back in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title=Peru Pedro Castillo and Lilia Paredes plagiarism accusation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/05/peru-pedro-castillo-lilia-paredes-plagiarism-accusation|access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Recently, Gavin Jones scientist of the United States Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station denounced that two undergraduate thesis students also plagiarized an academic article of his.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=Cesar Vallejo University: they denounce total plagiarism in undergraduate thesis {{!}} Sunedu {{!}} Society & More News Headlines - NPR - Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Business & Entertainments |url=https://www.npr.com.ng/cesar-vallejo-university-they-denounce-total-plagiarism-in-undergraduate-thesis-sunedu-society-more-news-headlines/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913184536/https://www.npr.com.ng/cesar-vallejo-university-they-denounce-total-plagiarism-in-undergraduate-thesis-sunedu-society-more-news-headlines/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After almost ten years as executive president, Merino announced her resignation from the position on 2 December 2025. In her resignation letter, she stated that her tenure had begun on 1 January 2016 and highlighted the university’s transformation during her leadership, noting that it had grown from an unlicensed institution with just over 60,000 students to one of the largest private universities in Peru with 215,000 students and institutional licensure. Merino thanked the teaching, administrative staff and students for their trust and support, expressed her satisfaction with the accomplishments of her administration, and wished the university continued success.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://canaln.pe/actualidad/beatriz-merino-renuncia-presidencia-ejecutiva-ucv-n488695|title=Beatriz Merino renuncia a presidencia ejecutiva de la UCV|date=2 December 2025|access-date=21 December 2025|last=Bugarin|first=Claudia|quote=In his resignation letter, Merino took stock of the main achievements of the last decade. He pointed out that, when he took office, the UCV was a university without institutional accreditation and with an enrollment of just over 60,000 students. Today, he said, the university has 215,000 students and ranks seventh in the SUNEDU ranking of private universities.|language=es|work=Canal N}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.expreso.com.pe/actualidad/beatriz-merino-deja-la-ucv-presento-su-carta-de-renuncia-irrevocable-a-cesar-acuna-sunedu-noticia/1244245/|title= Beatriz Merino deja la UCV: presentó su carta de renuncia irrevocable a César Acuña|date=2 December 2025|access-date=21 December 2025|last=Redacción Expreso|quote=The letter, presented in recent days, directly sets out the administrative reasons and Merino's assessment of his nine years at the helm of the university.|language=es|work=Diario Expreso}}</ref> Her resignation was tendered as part of closing a personal and institutional stage and was effective on 31 December 2025.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://peru21.pe/lima/que-paso-beatriz-merino-presenta-su-renuncia-irrevocable-la-ucv/|title=¿Qué pasó? Beatriz Merino presenta su renuncia irrevocable a la UCV|date=2 December 2025|access-date=21 December 2025|last=Llanos Fajardo|first=Katherine|quote=César Vallejo University (UCV) is undergoing a momentous change. Beatriz Merino, executive president of the institution, has submitted her irrevocable resignation, which will take effect on December 31, 2025, bringing to an end a term that began on January 1, 2016 and which, she says, leaves results “with the satisfaction of a job well done.”|language=es|work=Perú21}}</ref>
==Awards and recognitions== * Doctor Honoris Causa - [[Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal|Federico Villarreal National University]] (2003) * Doctor Honoris Causa - Private University of Chiclayo (2003) * Order of the Southern Cross in the Degree of Grand Cross - [[Federative Republic of Brazil]] (2003) * Order of Merit in the Degree of Grand Cross - [[National Police of Peru]] (2003) * "María Elena Moyano" Award - [[Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations|Ministry of Women and Social Development]] (2003) * "Robert G. Storey" Leadership Award - Center for American and International Law (2004) * [[Order of the Sun of Peru]] in the Degree of the Grand Cross - [[Republic of Peru]] (2006) * Doctor Honoris Causa - [[National University of Saint Augustine]] (2007) * Flora Tristán Medal - [[National University of San Marcos]] (2009) * Order of the Merit of Women - [[Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations|Ministry of Women and Social Development]] (2010) * Citizen Merit Medal - [[Prime Minister of Peru|Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Peru]] (2010) * Medal "Francisco García Calderón" - Lima Bar Association (2010) * Lifetime Achievement Award - [[Harvard University]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvperu.gob.pe/noticias/locales/harvard-otorga-a-beatriz-merino-el-premio-lifetime-achievement-2015|title = Harvard otorga a Beatriz Merino el premio Lifetime Achievement 2015|date = 19 April 2019}}</ref> * Doctor Honoris Causa - [[Universidad César Vallejo]] (2015) * Trailblazer Award - [[Women Political Leaders]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bostonglobalforum.org/news-and-events/news/former-prime-minister-of-peru-beatriz-merino-is-honored-with-the-trailblazer-award/|title = Former Prime Minister of Peru Beatriz Merino is honored with the Trailblazer Award – Boston Global Forum}}</ref> * Doctor Honoris Causa - [[National University of San Marcos]] (2025)
== Electoral history == ===Executive=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Election ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | List ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=Reference|Ref}}. |- ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|2=Position|P}}. |- | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | [[2000 Peruvian general election|2000]] | style="background-color:#EAECF0;” | [[Vice President of Peru|Second Vice President of Peru]] | style="background-color:{{party color|We Are Peru}};”| | [[We Are Peru]] | 333,049 | 3.00% | 3rd | {{no2|Not elected}} | <ref>{{Cite web|title="ELECCIONES GENERALES 2000 - PRESIDENCIAL"|url=https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/Eleccion/FichaEleccion/elecciones-generales-2000-presidencial_candidatos-y-resultados_yny1iTkPazM=yT}}</ref> |- |}
===Legislative=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Election ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Office ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | List ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=List number|#}} ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | District ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" colspan=3 | Votes ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | Result ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" rowspan=2 | {{abbr|2=Reference|Ref}}. |- ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | Total ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | % ! style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | {{abbr|2=Position|P}}. |- | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | [[1990 Peruvian general election|1990]] | [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Senator of the Republic]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Front (Peru)}};" | | [[Democratic Front (Peru)|Democratic Front]] | 7 | National | 73,428 | 32.06% | 1st{{efn|name=fn1|Presented on an [[electoral list]]. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}} | {{yes2|Elected}} | <ref>{{Cite web|title="ELECCIONES GENERALES 1990 - SENADORES"|url=https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/Eleccion/FichaEleccion/elecciones-generales-1990-senadores_candidatos-y-resultados_JtCddh+qiMs=Ch}}</ref> |- | style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | [[1995 Peruvian general election|1995]] | [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]] | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent Moralizing Front}};" | | [[Independent Moralizing Front]] | 5 | National | 8,970 | 4.89% | 4th{{efn|name=fn1|Presented on an [[electoral list]]. The data shown represents the share of the vote the entire party/alliance received in that constituency.}} | {{yes2|Elected}} | <ref>{{Cite web|title="ELECCIONES GENERALES 1995 - CONGRESO"|url=https://infogob.jne.gob.pe/Eleccion/FichaEleccion/elecciones-generales-1995-congresal_candidatos-y-resultados_FRz6TwR6FVQ=zw}}</ref> |- |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * Wildman, Sarah. "Prime Minister's Peril." Advocate 907 (2004): 15. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Hugh Stephens Library, Columbia. 5 Apr. 2008. Keyword: Beatriz Merino. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070724103010/http://www.winwithwomen.ndi.org/viewsection.asp?sect=sigs&subsect=siglistdetail&groupby=country "Initial Signataries to the Global Action Plan."] Win with Women Global Initiative. NDI Women's Programs. 5 Apr. 2008 >. * Skard, Torild (2014) "Beatriz Merino" in ''Women of power - half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide'', Bristol: Policy Press, {{ISBN|978-1-44731-578-0}}
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