Alejandra Pérez Lecaros
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Alejandra Pérez Lecaros | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait (2020) | |
| Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 9 August 2018 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Ottone |
| Succeeded by | Mauricio Rojas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1963[1] |
| Spouse | Cristián Bofill |
| Children | Four |
| Parent(s) | Alfredo Pérez Sánchez María de los Ángeles Lecaros |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (BA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Journalist |
Alejandra Pérez Lecaros (born 11 January 1963) is a Chilean politician who served as minister during Sebastián Piñera's second government.
She worked at Canal 13, where she served as Communications and Marketing Manager (2010–2014), Deputy Executive Director (2014–2016), Executive Director (2016), and Chair of the Board.[2]
Family and personal life
She is the middle sister in a conservative family.[3] Her father, Alfredo Pérez Sánchez, is a gynecologist who founded the maternity ward of the Clinical Hospital of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and her mother, María de Los Ángeles Lecaros (d. 2014), was a pianist and painter who introduced her family to the world of culture. There she developed an appreciation for opera, the piano, and ballet.[3]
She has been separated since 2012 and has four children: Rodrigo, Alejandra, Ignacio and Matías.[3]
Education
She completed her secondary education at Colegio Villa María.[3] She holds a bachelor's degree in communications from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a diploma in communications and journalism from the University of Navarra (Spain).[2]