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