Patricia Pérez Goldberg

Patricia Carolina Pérez Goldberg (born 22 February 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. From 2016, she has served as a judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. She was Minister of Justice (2012–2014) during President Sebastián Piñera's first government.

Patricia Pérez Goldberg
Patricia Pérez Goldberg, 2012
Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office 2016
Minister of Justice of Chile
In office December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17) – March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11)
President	Sebastián Piñera
Preceded by	Teodoro Ribera
Succeeded by	José Antonio Gómez
Personal details
Born	1974 Santiago, Chile

Early life and education

Pérez is daughter of a Carabineros officer and of a housewife. She grew up in Valparaíso.^[1]

She studied law at Universidad de Valparaíso and later completed a Master in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. She also completed a diploma course on criminal procedure reform in 2001 at Universidad de Chile Faculty of Law.^[2]

References

1. Olivares, Lilian (9 February 2013). "Patricia Pérez, la Ministra meritocrática: "Como dice Sun Tzu, no hay malos soldados, hay malos generales"". La Segunda. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
2. "Patricia Pérez: El perfil y la trayectoria de la nueva ministra de Justicia". La Tercera. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.