Ariela Luna

Ariela Luna
Ariela Luna
Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru
	In office; 29 October 2019 – 15 July 2020
President	Martín Vizcarra
Prime Minister	Vicente Zeballos
Preceded by	Jorge Meléndez Celis [es]
Succeeded by	Patricia Donayre
Personal details
Born	Ariela María de los Milagros Luna Florez; 21 October 1958 (age 66)
Education	National University of San Marcos; Cayetano Heredia University; Pontifical Catholic University of Peru;
Occupation	Physician, anthropologist

Ariela María de los Milagros Luna Florez (born 21 October 1958) is a Peruvian physician and anthropologist. She was her country's Minister of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) from 29 October 2019 to 15 July 2020, during the government of Martín Vizcarra.

Early life and education

Ariela Luna studied medicine at the National University of San Marcos. She holds a master's degree in public health from the Cayetano Heredia University, and a diploma in anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.^[1]

Professional career

In 2004, Luna became president of the KALLPA Association for the Promotion of Comprehensive Health and Development, an NGO.^[2]

From 2008 to 2009, she served as general director of health promotion at Peru's Ministry of Health. From August 2011 to January 2012, she was head of the ministry's advisory cabinet.^[3]

In April 2014, she was appointed by President Ollanta Humala as Vice Minister of Policies and Social Evaluation of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion, under the management of minister Paola Bustamante [es].^[4] She remained in office until September 2016, and served again in the same post from March to October 2019.^[5]^[6] Along with Bustamante, she promoted the programs Childhood First and Permanent Exit From Poverty.^[7]

On 29 October 2019, she was sworn in before President Martín Vizcarra as Peru's Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, after the resignation of Jorge Meléndez Celis [es].^[1]^[7]

Selected publications

La salud para la escuela: Manuel para coordinadores de salud (1998)
Salud materna indígena: Caja de herramientas para la incorporación del componente intercultural en proyectos de reducción de muerte materna (2010), ISBN 978-1-59782-110-0
Inclusión social: instrumentos de gestión y resultados de política (2015)

References

^ ^a ^b "Ariela Luna es la nueva titular del Midis en remplazo de Jorge Meléndez" [Ariela Luna is the New Head of MIDIS, Replacing Jorge Meléndez]. La República (in Spanish). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ Memoria 2004 (PDF) (in Spanish). KALLPA. 2004. p. 4. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Conoce a Ariela Luna Florez, la nueva ministra de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social" [Meet Ariela Luna Florez, the New Minister of Development and Social Inclusion]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 29 October 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Designan a Ariela Luna Florez como viceministra de Políticas y Evaluación Social" [Ariela Luna Florez Designated Vice Minister of Policies and Social Evaluation] (in Spanish). Lima. Andina. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Aceptan renuncia de Viceministra de Políticas y Evaluación Social" [Resignation of Vice Minister of Policies and Social Evaluation Accepted]. El Peruano (in Spanish). Lima. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Designan a Ariela Luna como viceministra del Midis" [Ariela Luna Designated as Vice Minister of MIDIS] (in Spanish). Lima. Andina. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b La Rosa Vásquez, Rocío (30 October 2019). "Médico Ariela Luna es la nueva ministra de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social" [Physician Ariela Luna is the New Minister of Development and Social Inclusion]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2021.

External links

Ariela Luna on Twitter

[remplazo-1] "Ariela Luna es la nueva titular del Midis en remplazo de Jorge Meléndez" [Ariela Luna is the New Head of MIDIS, Replacing Jorge Meléndez]. La República (in Spanish). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[2] Memoria 2004 (PDF) (in Spanish). KALLPA. 2004. p. 4. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[3] "Conoce a Ariela Luna Florez, la nueva ministra de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social" [Meet Ariela Luna Florez, the New Minister of Development and Social Inclusion]. Perú.21 (in Spanish). 29 October 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[4] "Designan a Ariela Luna Florez como viceministra de Políticas y Evaluación Social" [Ariela Luna Florez Designated Vice Minister of Policies and Social Evaluation] (in Spanish). Lima. Andina. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[5] "Aceptan renuncia de Viceministra de Políticas y Evaluación Social" [Resignation of Vice Minister of Policies and Social Evaluation Accepted]. El Peruano (in Spanish). Lima. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[6] "Designan a Ariela Luna como viceministra del Midis" [Ariela Luna Designated as Vice Minister of MIDIS] (in Spanish). Lima. Andina. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[Médico-7] La Rosa Vásquez, Rocío (30 October 2019). "Médico Ariela Luna es la nueva ministra de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social" [Physician Ariela Luna is the New Minister of Development and Social Inclusion]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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