Liliana La Rosa

Liliana del Carmen La Rosa Huertas (born 30 May 1964) is a Peruvian nurse and academic specializing in public policy. She was Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru from 2 April 2018 to 11 March 2019, during the government of Martín Vizcarra.

Biography Liliana La Rosa was born in Huacho District on 30 May 1964, the daughter of Alfonsa Huertas and Andrés La Rosa. Her primary and secondary education took place at the Colegio Santa Rosa de las Madres Dominicas del Rosario. In 1981 she entered , part of its first Nursing class, which she attended for two semesters.

She then entered Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal's Children's Hospital Nursing School in Lima, from which she earned a baccalaureate and licentiate in nursing.

Professional studies In 1989 and 1990, La Rosa completed a Diploma of Sociological Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), and in 1991 she entered the Master of Community Health program with mention in Maternal Childhood and Population at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH). In 1995 she won an IADB scholarship to study at the University of Chile's Faculty of Industrial Engineering in its Master of Management and Public Policy program.

In 1999 she completed training in international health at the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C.

In 2008, she was appointed advisor to the Minister of Health and then the ministry's director general of international cooperation, serving in this role until August 2011. At the end of 2011, she joined the National Civil Service Authority's Body of Public Managers as its manager of social development.

Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru On 2 April 2018, Liliana La Rosa was sworn in as Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru, joining the Villanueva cabinet of Martín Vizcarra's government.

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