Albina Ruiz

Albina Ruiz Ríos is a Peruvian environmentalist, social activist and social entrepreneur who served as the minister of environment of Peru from 10 December 2022 until 13 February 2024.

She is the founder and leader of Ciudad Saludable, a non-profit environmental health organisation based in Lima, Peru, and a Schwab Foundation fellow of the World Economic Forum.

Biography Ruiz was the only woman in her class at the National University of Engineering, where she majored in industrial engineering. When Ruiz started her work in the Cono Norte neighborhood of Lima, 600 metric tonnes of waste were being generated daily, only half of which was collected by the city's collection service. a 2006 fellowship from the Skoll Foundation, the 2007 Energy Globe Award; the 2006 Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment; the 2006 Global Development Network Award; and the 2006 Bravo Award from Latin Trade as Environmentalist of the Year in Latin America.