Eliane Karp

Eliane Chantal Karp Fernenbug de Toledo is a Peruvian anthropologist, former First Lady of Peru, and the wife of the ex-president of Peru, Alejandro Toledo. She specializes in the study of Andean indigenous cultures. Family and education Early life Eliane Chantal Karp-Toledo was born on 24 September 1953 in Paris to Jewish parents Eva Rose Fernenburg, from Belgium, and Charles Karp, from Poland, who was persecuted by the Gestapo and later became part of the French resistance during World War II. She completed her baccalaureate at the Lycée Français in Brussels. Education Karp earned her Bachelor of Arts in anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in Latin American studies. She also holds a Master of Arts in anthropology from Stanford University. Karp also completed doctoral studies in anthropology at Stanford.