Marta Justina Lafuente (16 March 1968 – 2 June 2022) was a Paraguayan psychologist and politician.

Biography

Lafuente studied psychology at the Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, an institution where she also worked as a lecturer and scholar.

Marta Lafuente

On 15 August 2013 she was sworn in as Minister of Education and Culture of Paraguay in the cabinet of President Horacio Cartes. Following wide student mobilizations, she announced her resignation on 5 May 2016.

Marta Lafuente

She died on 2 June 2022, at the age of 54.

Marta Lafuente

References

1968 births

2022 deaths

Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción alumni

Paraguayan psychologists

Paraguayan women psychologists

Education Ministers of Paraguay

Culture ministers of Paraguay

21st-century Paraguayan women politicians

21st-century Paraguayan politicians

Women government ministers of Paraguay