Rosa Leal de Pérez
Rosa Leal de Pérez | |
|---|---|
Rosa Leal de Pérez during a state trip to Mexico in 2012 | |
| First Lady of Guatemala | |
| In role 14 January 2012 – 3 September 2015 | |
| President | Otto Pérez Molina |
| Preceded by | Sandra Torres |
| Succeeded by | Ana Fagianni de Maldonado |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rosa María Leal Flores 9 December 1953 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Died | 7 December 2025 (aged 71) Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Nationality | Guatemala |
| Party | Patriotic Party |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
Rosa María Leal Flores de Pérez (9 December 1953 – 7 December 2025) was a Guatemalan psychologist who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015, as the wife of President Otto Pérez Molina.[1]
Life and career
Rosa Leal de Pérez was born in Guatemala City on 9 December 1953. She also studied in Guatemala City, enrolling at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala where she took a degree in psychology. At 17, she married future President of Guatemala and General Otto Pérez Molina.
She was a kindergarten teacher for a period of four years, from 1975 to 1979, was a technician in psychometrics and school orientation, and had a degree in clinical psychology from Rafael Landívar University.[1] From 1980 to 1995, she was the national director of primary education, specializing in nursery school.[2] For the decade after her husband and Roxana Baldetti founded the Guatemalan Patriotic Party in 2001, Leal worked for the party's affairs.[3]
Leal de Pérez died in Guatemala City on 7 December 2025, at the age of 71.[4]
Citations
- ^ a b "Biografía Rosa Leal de Pérez". elperiodico.com.gt (in Spanish). El Periodico. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Rosa Leal de Pérez". digital.nuestrodiario.com (in Spanish). Nuestro Diario. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Rosa María Leal de Pérez". Libertópolis (in Spanish). 24 June 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ CA, Archivo (8 December 2025). "Fallece exprimera dama Rosa Leal". Canal Antigua. Retrieved 11 December 2025.