This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Leal, the second or maternal family name is Flores, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Pérez.
Rosa Leal de Pérez
Rosa Leal de Pérez during a state trip to Mexico
First Lady of Guatemala
In role
January 14, 2012 – September 3, 2015
PresidentOtto Pérez Molina
Preceded bySandra Torres
Succeeded byAna Fagianni de Maldonado
Personal details
Born
Rosa María Leal Flores

(1953-12-09) December 9, 1953
Guatemala City
Nationality Guatemala
Political partyPatriotic Party
Spouse
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(m. 1970)​
Alma materUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
OccupationPsychologist

Rosa María Leal Flores de Pérez (b. December 9, 1953) is a Guatemalan psychologist who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015, as the wife of President Otto Pérez Molina.[1]

Pérez was a kindergarten teacher for a period of four years, from 1975 to 1979, is a technician in psychometrics and school orientation, and has a degree in clinical psychology from Rafael Landívar University.[1] From 1980 to 1995, Leal was Director of the National Primary Education, specializing in nursery school.[2]

Biography

Rosa Leal de Pérez was born in Guatemala City, the eponymous capital of Guatemala, on 9 December 1953. She would also study in Guatemala City, enrolling at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala to look for a degree in psychology. At 17, she married future President of Guatemala and General Otto Pérez Molina. For the decade after her husband and Roxana Baldetti founded the Guatemalan Patriotic Party, Leal worked for the party's affairs.[3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Biografía Rosa Leal de Pérez". elperiodico.com.gt (in Spanish). El Periodico. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rosa Leal de Pérez". digital.nuestrodiario.com (in Spanish). Nuestro Diario. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Rosa María Leal de Pérez". Libertópolis (in Spanish). 24 June 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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