Rosa Leal de Pérez

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]