Edith Mellado Céspedes

Edith Angélica Mellado Céspedes (b. 7 June 1938) is a Peruvian politician and educator.[1][2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mellado and the second or maternal family name is Céspedes.
Edith Mellado Céspedes

Vice President of the National Congress
In office
1997–1998
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Personal details
Born
Edith Angélica Mellado Céspedes

(1938-06-07) 7 June 1938
Huancayo
NationalityPeru
Political partyCambio 90
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Edith Mellado Céspedes was born on 7 June 1938 in Huancayo, Peru. She attended the local Maria Auxiliadora School through her primary and secondary education, and was awarded by the school for an excellent academic career as top of her class for five years. She studied mathematics and mathematical education at the National University of San Marcos and would complete her doctorate at the university. She would take postgraduate studies at the National University of Engineering (Peru), University of Chile, and the University of Murcia in Spain.[1]

Mellado was the first rector of the Los Andes Peruvian University in her home town, Huancayo.[3][4] She has also been the vice-rector of the National University of the Center of Peru. In 1990, she was a professor emeritus at the same school.[2]

She has also worked at educational institutions like the Colegio Mariscal Castilla, Colegio Nuestra Señora de Cocharcas, and the Escuela Normal Superior "La Asunción" of Huancayo.[2]

Politics

From 1997 to 1998, Mellado was Vice President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru during the government of Alberto Fujimori, representing the Cambio 90 party.[2]

Citations
  1. "Presidente de los parlamentos 1991–2000". smolec.pl (in Polish). Guía mundial de mujeres en el liderazgo. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. "Congresista de la República". congreso.gob.pe (in Spanish). Página del Congreso de la República del Perú. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. "Piedra Huanca". issuu.com (in Spanish). Revista Institucional de la UPLA – Año III – Edición Nro.3 – Huancayo Junio de 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. "Reseña Histórica". cienciasdelasalud.upla.edu.pe (in Spanish). Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Peruana Los Andes. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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