Javier Barreda

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

Javier Alberto Barreda Jara (13 December 1966 – 3 June 2019) was a Peruvian sociologist, writer and public administrator. Born in Lima, he was educated at Cayetano Heredia University and Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.^[1] He served as the Minister of Labor and Promotion of Employment for three months, from January to April 2018.^[2]

Javier Barreda
Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion
In office January 9, 2018 – April 2, 2018
President	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Prime Minister	Mercedes Aráoz Fernández
Preceded by	Alfonso Grados Carraro
Succeeded by	Christian Sánchez Reyes
Deputy Minister of Promotion of Employment and Labor Capacitation
In office October 22, 2008 – July 28, 2011
President	Alan García
Prime Minister	Yehude Simon Javier Velásquez José Antonio Chang Rosario Fernández
Minister	Jorge Villasante Manuela García Cochagne
Preceded by	Ana Teresa Revilla
Succeeded by	Edgar Quispe Ramón
Deputy Minister of Social Development
In office January 8, 2008 – October 21, 2008
President	Alan García
Prime Minister	Jorge Del Castillo
Minister	Susana Pinilla Carmen Vildoso
Preceded by	Víctor Torres Cornejo
Succeeded by	Aura Elisa Quiñones Li
Deputy Minister of Promotion of Employment and Micro and Small Business
In office August 11, 2006 – January 8, 2008
President	Alan García
Prime Minister	Jorge Del Castillo
Minister	Susana Pinilla Mario Pasco Cosmópolis
Preceded by	Walter Gago Rodríguez
Succeeded by	Ana Teresa Revilla
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-13)13 December 1966 Lima, Peru
Died	3 June 2019(2019-06-03) (aged 52) Lima, Peru
Cause of death	Myocardial infarction
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Peruvian Aprista Party (until January 2018)
Spouse	Martha Joo
Children	2
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (BA)
Occupation	Sociologist

Early life and education

Javier Barreda made his high school studies at the Emblematic Educational Institution of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lima.

He has a degree in sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) and a master's degree in Project Management and Social Programs from the Cayetano Heredia University.

Political career

He was advisor in the Congress of the Republic on issues of Budget of the Republic, consumer protection, youth policies, among other topics. Speaker on topics of social development and social programs, employment policies, entrepreneurship, participation and youth.

He was a columnist for several newspapers in the country and published several essays on development and political analysis. All your opinion articles can be seen in the blog Búfalo de Pradera, on the portal La Mula.^[3]

He was a professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. He was professor of the course of National Reality of the Universidad de San Martín de Porres. Likewise, he taught in the Leadership Program for the Transformation of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Government Institute of the San Martín de Porres University.

From 2006 to 2011, he was Vice Minister of Employment Promotion of the Ministry of Labor.

He was married to Martha Joo and had 2 children.

Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion

On January 9, 2018, he was sworn in as Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, convened by President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in the so-called "Cabinet of Reconciliation". Its management reactivated the National Labor Council, an area of agreement between workers and employers, and put forward the debate on the increase of the minimum wage in Peru. In the context of the resignation of Kuczynski, and as the last decision taken before his departure, Barreda and the president signed Supreme Decree 044 -2018-Trabajo that increases the minimum wage of Peruvian workers from 850 soles to 930 soles, a measure that It was criticized by the business sector and backed by the vast majority of Peruvians. Sustaining his decision as a former minister, Javier Barreda published articles in Peruvian newspapers sustaining the benefit of the increase.^[4]

Death

Barreda Jara died of a heart attack on 3 June 2019 in Lima, at the age of 52.^[5][6]

Works

• 1987: Los límites de la voluntad política (Mitin Editores, Lima, 2012).
• Contra Historia del Perú, ensayos de historia política peruana (Mitin Editores, 2012). Co-author

References

1. "Javier Alberto Barreda Jara". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
2. ""Gabinete de la reconciliación" juró en Palacio de Gobierno" ["Cabinet of reconciliation" swore in Government Palace] (in Spanish). Lima: El Comercio. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
3. "Búfalo de pradera" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
4. "Sueldo mínimo, una cuestión de justicia" [Minimum wage, a matter of justice] (in Spanish). La República. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
5. [It communicates sensitive death of teacher Javier Alberto Barreda Jara] (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
6. "Falleció el exministro de Trabajo Javier Barreda tras sufrir un infarto" [Former Labor Minister Javier Barreda died after suffering a heart attack] (in Spanish). La República. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.