Edith Mellado Céspedes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mellado and the second or maternal family name is Céspedes.

Edith Mellado Céspedes
Vice President of the National Congress
In office 26 July 1997 – 26 July 1998
President	Alberto Fujimori
Member of the Congress
In office July 26, 1995 (1995-07-26) – July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)
Constituency	National
Personal details
Born	Edith Angélica Mellado Céspedes (1938-06-07) 7 June 1938 Huancayo
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Cambio 90
Occupation	Politician

Edith Angélica Mellado Céspedes (born 7 June 1938) is a Peruvian former Fujimorist politician and educator.

Biography

Edith Mellado Céspedes was born on 7 June 1938 in Huancayo, Peru. She attended the local Maria Auxiliadora School through her primary and secondary education, and was awarded by the school for an excellent academic career as top of her class for five years. She studied mathematics and mathematical education at the National University of San Marcos and would complete her doctorate at the university. She would take postgraduate studies at the National University of Engineering (Peru), University of Chile, and the University of Murcia in Spain.

Mellado was the first rector of the Los Andes Peruvian University in her home town, Huancayo. She has also been the vice-rector of the National University of the Center of Peru. In 1990, she was a professor emeritus at the same school.

She has also worked at educational institutions like the Colegio Mariscal Castilla, Colegio Nuestra Señora de Cocharcas, and the Escuela Normal Superior "La Asunción" of Huancayo.

Politics

From 1997 to 1998, Mellado was Vice President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru during the government of Alberto Fujimori, representing the Cambio 90 party.