Carlos Gamarra Ugaz | |
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| Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru | |
| In office 22 July 2004 –25 February 2005 | |
| President | Alejandro Toledo |
| Prime Minister | Carlos Ferrero |
| Preceded by | Baldo Kresalja |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Salhuana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Independent Moralizing Front |
Carlos Gamarra Ugaz is a Peruvian politician and attorney. He served as the Minister of Justice of Peru from 2006 to 2008. Prior to his ministership,he was a prominent defense attorney in Lima. He later retired after his justice ministership.
He was president of the Commission for the Formalization of Informal Property (COFOPRI);head of the National Superintendence of Public Registries (SUNARP);and president of the Council of Notaries,between 2001 and 2005. [1] [2]
He has also been head of the National Institute of Concessions and Mining Cadastre (INACC);member of the Mining Registry Advisory Commission,Institutional Head of the Public Mining Registry;Director of Petróleos del Perú,Director of the Banco Minero del Perú;Director and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Geological Mining Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET);Director of the Board of Directors of the Scientific,Technological and Mining Institute;member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI);and vice president and director of the Development Corporation of Lima and Callao (CORDELICA). [1]
In the private sphere,he has been president of the National Institute of Law,Mining and Petroleum;and executive director of the Instituto del Ciudadano. [1]
In the 1990s he was the national secretary for the organization of the Liberty Movement,led by Mario Vargas Llosa. [1]
On July 22,2004,he was sworn in as Minister of Justice,replacing the resigning Baldo Kresalja,thus forming part of the ministerial cabinet chaired by Carlos Ferrero. [3] In February 2005 he resigned and was replaced by Eduardo Salhuana Cavides. [4] Three other ministers resigned with him,in a ministerial change that the government considered necessary while already in the last stretch of his administration. [5]
He is currently the main partner at CDGM Consultores y Asesores S.A.C. [1]