The president of the Council of Ministers of Peru,informally called Premier or Prime Minister,is the head of the cabinet as the most senior member of the Council of Ministers. The president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president of Peru.
Pedro Álvaro Cateriano Bellido is a peruvian lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from July to August 2020,under Martín Vizcarra's administration. He previously served as Ollanta Humala's minister of defense from July 2012 to April 2015,and prime minister from April 2015 to July 2016.
Fernando Martín Zavala Lombardi is a Peruvian politician,who was the Prime Minister of Peru from 28 July 2016 to 17 September 2017. Previously he was the President of Backus and Johnston,a subsidiary of SABMiller. From 2005 to 2006 he was Minister of Economy and Finance.
Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from September 2019 to July 2020,under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. Prior,he served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights.
Manuel Arturo Merino de Lama is a Peruvian politician who briefly served as President of Peru for six days between 10 and 15 November 2020. He also served as the President of Congress from 16 March 2020 to 15 November 2020. He was a Member of Congress (AP) representing the Tumbes constituency for the 2001–2006,2011–2016,and 2020–2021 terms.
Luis Alberto Otárola Peñaranda is a Peruvian attorney and politician who currently serves as Prime Minister of Peru. He previously served as Minister of Defense twice,under Ollanta Humala and Dina Boluarte.
Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra is a Peruvian politician,civil servant,and lawyer currently serving as the President of Peru since 7 December 2022. She had served as the first vice president and minister at the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion under President Pedro Castillo. Before then,she served as an officer at the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) from 2007 until 2022. With Boluarte assuming the presidency as the sole vice president,President of Congress JoséWilliams is next in the line of succession.
The presidency of Pedro Castillo began with his inauguration as the president of Peru on 28 July 2021,the Peruvian Independence Day. In the 2021 Peruvian general election,Castillo,a school teacher and union organizer,won the presidential election against the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori of Popular Force by a 45,000 margin in the runoff. In the congressional elections,Castillo's party,Free Peru,did not get a majority in the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
Óscar JoséRicardo Maúrtua de Romaña is a Peruvian diplomat and jurist who served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru from August 2021 to February 2022,under the presidency of Pedro Castillo. He previously occupied the office under President Alejandro Toledo during the last of year of his presidency.
Héctor Valer Pinto is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from 1 February 2022 to 8 February 2022.
Events in the year 2022 in Peru.
On 7 December 2022,President of Peru Pedro Castillo attempted to dissolve Congress in the face of imminent impeachment proceedings by the legislative body,immediately enacting a curfew,establishing an emergency government and calling for a constituent assembly. Citing the actions of Congress obstructing many of his policies during his administration,Castillo argued that the legislative body served businesses and used their power to destroy the executive branch.
The presidency of Dina Boluarte began with her inauguration as the president of Peru on 7 December 2022,immediately following the removal of Pedro Castillo from office in the aftermath of his attempted self-coup.
César Rodrigo Landa Arroyo is a Peruvian professor and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru intermittently from February to December 2022 under the presidency of Pedro Castillo. He also served as president of the Constitutional Court of Peru between 2006 and 2008,and vice minister of Justice in 2004.
Since December 2022,supporters of the ousted president of Peru,Pedro Castillo,have engaged in a series of political protests against the government of the current president Dina Boluarte and the Congress of Peru. The demonstrations,which have no organized leadership,originated from grassroots movements and social organizations,specifically on the political left to far-left and indigenous peoples who felt they have experienced political disenfranchisement. Castillo was ousted and arrested for having announced the dissolution of Congress,the intervention of the state apparatus and the establishment of an "emergency government",which has been characterized as a self-coup attempt. Among the main demands of the demonstrators is the dissolution of Congress,the resignation of Boluarte,new general elections,the release of Castillo and the installation of a constituent assembly. It was also reported that some of the protesters have declared themselves in an insurgency. The Armed Forces and Police have been documented to have used excessive force against the protestors,with at least 60 being killed,more than 600 being injured,more than 380 being arrested and two massacres occurring in Ayacucho and Juliaca. Use of torture and violence against detainees was also reported.
The Ayacucho massacre was a massacre perpetrated by the Peruvian Army on 15 December 2022 in Ayacucho,Peru during the 2022-2023 Peruvian protests. On that day,demonstrations took place in Ayacucho and the situation intensified when the military deployed helicopters to fire at protesters,who later tried to take over the city's airport,which was defended by the Peruvian Army and the National Police of Peru. Troops responded by firing live ammunition at protesters,resulting in ten dead and 61 injured;90% of the injured had gunshot wounds while those killed were shot in the head or torso.
Events in the year 2023 in Peru.
On 9 January 2023,Peruvian National Police shot at protesters in Juliaca during the 2022–2023 Peruvian political protests against President Dina Boluarte,resulting in a massacre. At least 18 were killed and over 100 injured by police responding to protests in the city,with all of the deaths being attributed to gunshot wounds. The massacre was the deadliest day during the series of protests in Peru. Local media criticized the response of national media,saying that events in Juliaca were overlooked.
This is a broad timeline of the ongoing 2022–2023 Peruvian protests against the government of Dina Boluarte and the Congress of Peru,sparked by the self-coup attempt of President Pedro Castillo,who was later arrested for his actions. The protests were organized by social organizations and indigenous peoples who felt they experienced political disenfranchisement,specifically on the politically left-wing to far left,with the groups demanding immediate general elections and a constituent assembly to draft a new Constitution of Peru.
Vicente Romero Fernández,is a retired general of the Peruvian National Police. He is the current Minister of the Interior of Peru since 13 January 2023 during the government of Dina Boluarte. He previously served as the Minister of the Interior during the government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from 9 January to 2 April 2018,after the resignation of Carlos Basombrío.
