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Since 24 May 2017 she has been judicial advisor to President Len\u00edn Moreno.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsPersonal life[edit]Education[edit]Political career[edit]References[edit]Personal life[edit]Johana Pes\u00e1ntez was born on 20 November 1975 in Quito.[1] Pes\u00e1ntez speaks five languages, besides her native Spanish they are English, Portuguese, French and Italian.[1]Education[edit]Pes\u00e1ntez has a licentiate in Juridical Science and a doctorate in Jurisprudence by the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador. She has a postgraduate degree in Roman Right by the Sapienza University of Rome and a doctorate in ‘Current programs in criminal law and criminology’ by the Pablo de Olavide University. Between 2003 and 2011 Pes\u00e1ntez was a Law professor in the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador and the Universidad de las Am\u00e9ricas. She also worked shorter periods for Universidad Tecnol\u00f3gica Indoam\u00e9rica and the Universidad T\u00e9cnica Particular de Loja.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Political career[edit]From 2008 to 2011 Pes\u00e1ntez was Interinstitutional Judicial Advisor of the National Directorate of Judicial Advisors to the Presidency of the National Court of Justice. Between January and May 2011 Pes\u00e1ntez was judicial advisor to the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. In May 2011 she was named Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Religious Affairs.[1][2] During her term as Minister she was confronted with the severe overcrowding of prisons and several escapes by detainees.[3] On the topic of human rights, Pes\u00e1ntez sees the Universal Periodic Review, a mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council, as a good system for Ecuador to strengthen its democracy. In 2012, 97% of the recommendations made to Ecuador via this system were supposed to be implemented by the government.[4] On 28 and 29 November 2012 Ecuador hosted the Ninth Meeting of Justice Ministers of the Organization of American States. Pes\u00e1ntez inaugurated the meeting together with the Secretary General of the OAS, Jos\u00e9 Miguel Insulza.[5] Her term in office ended on 18 June 2013 when she was replaced as Minister by Lenin Lara.[6]In July 2015 she was one of three possible candidates proposed by the legislative branch for a seat on the Constitutional Tribunal of Ecuador.[7] In October 2015 she was not among those chosen.[8] When Len\u00edn Moreno took over the Presidency of Ecuador of Rafael Correa on 24 May 2017 he appointed Pes\u00e1ntez in his second decree as judicial advisor (Spanish:Secretaria General Jur\u00eddica) to the President. She succeeded Alexis Mera in this position.[9] In November 2019, after Jos\u00e9 Agusto Briones resigned as general secretary (Spanish:Secretar\u00eda General) of the Presidency she also became caretaker of this position.[10] As of 30 August 2020 she was the only person of the original Moreno cabinet to remain in the same function.[11]References[edit]^ a b c d (in Spanish) “Curriculum Vitae”, Ministerio de Justicia, Derechos Humanos y Cultos, Ecuador^ (in Spanish) Ministra Ministerio de Justicia, Derechos Humanos y Cultos^ (in Spanish) Pes\u00e1ntez: Para m\u00ed, una fuga es un delito y siempre debi\u00f3 tratarse as\u00ed, El Tel\u00e9grafo, 13 February 2013^ Ecuadorian Minister of Justice receives UPR final report in Geneva Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio e Integraci\u00f3n, Ecuador, 23 May 2012^ Ninth meeting of Justice Ministers of the Americas in Quito to discuss regional developments in access to justice and legal cooperation Organization of American States, 21 November 2012^ “Cambios en Turismo, Justicia y Comercio en el gabinete presidencial” (in Spanish). Ecuavisa. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2015.^ “Johana Pesantez, exasesora jur\u00eddica de Correa, aspira a integrar nueva CC” (in Spanish). Ecuador en Vivo. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2016.^ “Corte Constitucional ya tiene a sus tres nuevos jueces” (in Spanish). El Universo. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2016.^ “Len\u00edn Moreno firma sus primeros 10 Decretos; elimina el Plan Familia” (in Spanish). El Comercio. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020.^ “Funciones del presidente: Len\u00edn Moreno no ha delegado su trabajo; aqu\u00ed la explicaci\u00f3n del Decreto 1066” (in Spanish). El Universo. 23 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020.^ “El presidente Moreno y su gabinete, \u00bfcon qui\u00e9nes gobiernan?”. Primicias. 30 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.       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