Aída García Naranjo

Aída del Carmen Jesús Consuelo García-Naranjo Morales (born 20 March 1951), also known by her nickname "Mocha",[1][2] is a Peruvian educator, singer, and politician, the former Secretary General of the Socialist Party and spokesperson of Gana Perú, the alliance of former President Ollanta Humala.

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Aída García Naranjo
Ambassador of Peru to the Republic of Uruguay
In office
5 January 2012 – 18 June 2014
Succeeded byDavid Teodoro Arzubiaga Scheuch
Minister of Women and Social Development
In office
28 July 2011 – 10 December 2011
PresidentOllanta Humala
Preceded byVirginia Borra
Succeeded byAna Jara
Representative of Peru to Mercosur
In office
1 February 2012 – 18 June 2014
PresidentOllanta Humala
Representative of Peru to ALADI
In office
1 February 2012 – 18 June 2014
PresidentOllanta Humala
Personal details
Born
Aída del Carmen Jesús Consuelo García-Naranjo Morales

(1951-03-20) 20 March 1951
Peru
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Peru
OccupationEducator, singer, politician
Nickname(s)Mocha

She was the first Minister of Women and Social Development in the Humala government.[3]

She served as the ambassador of Peru to Uruguay from January 2012 to June 2014.[4] Since February 2012, she has also been the Peruvian representative to Mercosur and the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI).[5]

Biography

Aída García Naranjo studied Education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She also has a master's degree in political Science and Government from the same university and two diplomados – in "Migrations, Globalization, and International Relations" and "Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights" – from Cayetano Heredia University.

She was a councilor of the Municipality of Metropolitan Lima from 1990 to 1993. She was director of Mujeres Magazine from 1995 to 2011, and since 2011 she has been the Executive Director of the Center for Rights and Development (CEDAL).

She has been a member of the Consultative Council of the Peasant Confederation of Peru, advises the Secretariat of Women's Affairs, and also advised the National Women's Mining Center from 2002 to 2008.[6]

She is a member of "Espacios Sin Fronteras" (UNASUR's migrations network) and Honorary Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua in Peru. She was an officer of the General Peru-Canada Countervalue Fund.

She is also a member of the musical group Tiempo Nuevo, and graduated from the National Conservatory of Music.

She is the author of 14 books, many of them on feminism in Peru.[7] Among her works are Nosotras las mujeres del Vaso de Leche, Construyendo la equidad: El futuro como tarea, Hombres y mujeres de igual a igual, Mujer Peruana Situación Nacional, La plataforma nacional de la Mujer Peruana, and Mujeres Notables 1900–2010.

Minister of Women

She became the head of the Ministry of Women and Social Development on 28 July 2011.[3]

PRONAA scandal

On 20 September 2011, three children were poisoned and died after eating food from the National Food Assistance Program (PRONAA), a body under the Ministry of Women and Social Development.[8] Hours later García Naranjo continued with activities to celebrate one of the institutions (for which she would later apologize).[9] Afterward the parliamentarians of Force 2011 criticized the minister's inaction and asked for her interpellation,[10] which was not supported by the other parliamentary groups.[11] Days later six other children and a teacher were sickened by food from the same institution.[12]

García Naranjo presented herself to the Congress of the Republic on 6 October, and on 13 October, the body rejected the motion of censure against her.[13]

See also

References
  1. Sotelo, Coronado (2 June 2011). "Aída 'Mocha' García Naranjo se dirige a las mujeres peruanas" [Aída 'Mocha' Addresses Peruvian Women]. Mujeres de otra indole (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. "Aída García Naranjo: Perfil de la próxima ministra de la Mujer" [Aída García Naranjo: Profile of the Next Minister of Women] (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. "Ollanta Humala adelantó más nombres de su gabinete ministerial" [Ollanta Humala Announces More Names of His Ministerial Cabinet]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. "Ex ministra Aída García Naranjo fue nombrada embajadora en Uruguay" [Ex-Minister Aída García Naranjo Named Ambassador to Uruguay]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 5 January 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  5. "Aída García Naranjo ahora será representante peruana ante Mercosur y Aladi" [Aída García Naranjo Now to be Representative to Mercosur and ALADI]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 23 January 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. "García Naranjo, Aída" (in Spanish). Red Carolina. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  7. "Aída García Naranjo presentó su libro: 'Mujeres Peruanas: Situación Nacional'" [Aída García Naranjo Presents Her Book: 'Mujeres Peruanas: Situación Nacional'] (in Spanish). La mula. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  8. "Tres niños murieron intoxicados por alimentos del Pronaa en Cajamarca" [Three Children Died Poisoned By Food from PRONAA in Cajamarca]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  9. "García Naranjo pide disculpas por bailar en medio de duelo en Cajamarca" [García Naranjo Apologizes for Dancing in the Midst of Mourning in Cajamarca]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 23 September 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  10. "García Naranjo en la mira del Congreso" [García Naranjo in the Sights of Congress]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 26 September 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  11. Ortiz Martínez, Sebastian (7 October 2011). "Censura contra García Naranjo por el fujimorismo no prosperaría" [Censure Against García Naranjo by Fujimorism Will Not Succeed]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  12. "Loreto: seis niños y una profesora intoxicados por alimentos del Pronaa" [Loreto: Six Children and a Teacher Sickened by Food from PRONAA]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 3 October 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  13. "Pleno del Congreso rechazó moción de censura contra García Naranjo" [Plenary of the Congress Rejects Motion of Censure Against García Naranjo]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 13 October 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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