Martha Hildebrandt

Martha Luz Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño (La Libertad, January 13, 1925) is a Peruvian linguist and Fujimorista politician. Martha Hildebrandt was the second woman to occupy the Presidency of the Congress of the Republic of Peru in 1999 (the first one was Martha Chávez). Since 1995 she has exercised her charge in the Congress of Peru. She is also the sister of César Hildebrandt, a Peruvian journalist.

Martha Hildebrandt
President of the Congress
In office
27 July 1999 – 13 November 2000
Preceded byVíctor Joy Way
Succeeded byLuz Salgado
Personal details
Political partyNew Majority

Studies

In 1942, Martha studied education and literature simultaneously at the National University of San Marcos. In 1952, she studied Structural Linguistics" at Northwestern University in Illinois, United States and subsequently "Descriptive Linguistics" at the University of Oklahoma also in the United States.[1][2]

Working life

From 1947 to 1953, Martha worked at the National University of San Marcos as a teacher. Then she traveled to Venezuela, where she worked in linguistics at the Department of Justice of Venezuela. In 1962, she returned to the National University of San Marcos as a professor and remained there until 1973. From 1972 until 1976, she was also the General Director of the Institute of Culture.

Linguistics

From 1974 to 1978, she held important positions in the Organization of American States (OAS) and in UNESCO, in the area of linguistics.

Political life

Martha Hildebrandt is a local linguist who is best known to the broad Peruvian public, though she spoke neither Quechua nor Aymara. She was the Perpetual Secretary of the Academia Peruana de la Lengua from 1993 to 2005. Her numerous books on subjects related to the Spanish Language are extensively quoted.

Hildebrandt's political life began in 1994 with her professional relationship with Alberto Fujimori. In the general elections of 1995, she was chosen by Cambio 90-Nueva Mayoría as Congreswoman of the Republic, initiating her first period in the Legislature. When the general elections of 2000 approached and Alberto Fujimori desired to seek re-election, she defended the controversial project, along with Martha Chávez, Luz Salgado and Carmen Lozada.

In 1999, she was chosen as President of the Congress,[3] and in 2000 she was reaffirmed in the position. When the regime of Alberto Fujimori began to collapse, Hildebrandt was removed from the position to "avoid to be closely tied to the regime" after holding the post for 48 hours only.[4].

The First Vice-president Luz Salgado replaced her, and then after two quarreled elections between government supporters and opposition, Valentín Paniagua Corazao (Accion Popular) was chosen temporarily as the new President of the Congress and therefore as Transitional President of the Republic.

In the general election of 2001, she was not elected; Luz Salgado was her replacement in the Congress of the Republic. Already in the general election of 2006, advanced with the number 2 to the Congress and was chosen in the third voting inside Alianza para el Futuro, a coalition of Fujimorists and was elected. In the 2011 general election, she lost her seat.

In August 2006, Hildebrandt criticized two congresswomen from Cusco; Hilaria Supa and María Sumire; for being sworn in before Congress in their native language Quechua on July 25, 2006. Hildebrandt demanded Spanish should be used as the only language in Congress.[5][6] The Congress, however, decided translations from Quechua and other indigenous languages should be taken into account for all sessions.[7]

Publications
  • Wayúunaikṫ : Cartilla guajira, 1958
  • Sistema fonemico del macoita, 1958
  • La lengua de Bolívar, 1961
  • Diccionario guajiro-español, 1963
  • Peruanismos, 1965
  • El habla culta, o, Lo que debiera serlo, 2000
  • Léxico de Bolívar : el español de América en el siglo XIX', 2001

References
  1. "Martha Luz Hildebrandt Pérez Treviño". www4.congreso.gob.pe. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  2. "Martha Luz Hildebrandt Pérez Treviño". www.asale.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  3. http://www.congreso.gob.pe/participacion/museo/congreso/presidentes/Martha_Hildebrandt_a
  4. Mccaughan, Michael. "Peru confirms new interim president". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  5. Dina Ludeña Cebrián: Lengua quechua - del miedo y desprecio al respeto y visibilización.
  6. Mayra Castillo: En el nombre del quechua. El Comercio, 31 de marzo de 2007 Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Se traducirá el quechua en el hemiciclo. El Comercio, 5 de agosto de 2006 Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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