Patricia Pérez Goldberg
# Patricia Pérez Goldberg

Patricia Carolina Pérez Goldberg (born 22 February 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean lawyer and politician. She was Minister of Justice (2012–2014) during President Sebastián Piñera's first government.

## Family & Studies

Pérez is daughter of a Carabineros officer and of a housewife. She grew up in Valparaíso.

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.

