Rosa Leal de Pérez | |
Office: | First Lady of Guatemala |
Term Label: | In role |
President: | Otto Pérez Molina |
Term Start: | January 14, 2012 |
Term End: | September 3, 2015 |
Predecessor: | Sandra Torres |
Successor: | Ana Fagianni de Maldonado |
Birth Name: | Rosa María Leal Flores |
Birth Date: | 9 December 1953 |
Birth Place: | Guatemala City |
Nationality: | Guatemala |
Party: | Patriotic Party |
Alma Mater: | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
Occupation: | Psychologist |
Rosa María Leal Flores de Pérez (b. December 9, 1953) is a Guatemalan psychologist who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015, as the wife of President Otto Pérez Molina.[1]
Pérez was a kindergarten teacher for a period of four years, from 1975 to 1979, is a technician in psychometrics and school orientation, and has a degree in clinical psychology from Rafael Landívar University.[1] From 1980 to 1995, Leal was Director of the National Primary Education, specializing in nursery school.[2]
Rosa Leal de Pérez was born in Guatemala City, the eponymous capital of Guatemala, on 9 December 1953. She would also study in Guatemala City, enrolling at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala to look for a degree in psychology. At 17, she married future President of Guatemala and General Otto Pérez Molina. For the decade after her husband and Roxana Baldetti founded the Guatemalan Patriotic Party, Leal worked for the party's affairs.[3]