Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru in November 2020. Once a prominent member and leader of the Christian People's Party,he left and founded the Order Party in order to run for the presidency at the 2016 general election,in which he placed tenth and last with 0.4% of the popular vote.
Óscar Raúl Ugarte Ubilluz is a Peruvian physician who is the current Minister of Health under President Francisco Sagasti since 13 February 2021. He previously held the position under President Alan García from October 2008 to July 2011.
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.
Daniel Enrique Salaverry Villa is a Peruvian architect,businessman and politician. Between 2016 and 2019,he served in Congress representing the Department of La Libertad. Elected to Congress under the Fujimorist Popular Force party,he was the party's spokesperson for a year,and was President of the Congress from 2018 to 2019. He ran as a candidate for the presidency of Peru for the We Are Peru party in the 2021 general elections.
Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo is a Peruvian engineer and politician who served as President of Peru from 2018 to 2020. Vizcarra previously served as Governor of the Department of Moquegua (2011–2014),First Vice President of Peru (2016–2018),Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru (2016–2017),and Ambassador of Peru to Canada (2017–2018),with the latter three during the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
The presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in Peru began with his inauguration on Peru independence day and ended with the president's resignation following a corruption scandal on March 23,2018.
The Purple Party is a centrist,liberal and progressive Peruvian political party. The color purple was chosen to represent the blending of red and blue,the colors of left and right-wing parties in Peru,symbolizing the centrist ideology of the party.
Since 2016,Peru has been plagued with political instability and a growing crisis,initially between the President,Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Congress,led de facto by Keiko Fujimori. The crisis emerged in late 2016 and early 2017 as the polarization of Peruvian politics increased,as well as a growing schism between the executive and legislative branches of government. Fujimori and her Fujimorist supporters would use their control of Congress to obstruct the executive branch of successive governments,resulting with a period of political instability in Peru.
General elections were held in Peru on 11 April 2021. The presidential election,which determined the president and the vice presidents,required a run-off between the two top candidates,which was held on 6 June. The congressional elections determined the composition of the Congress of Peru,with all 130 seats contested.
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.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Peru has resulted in 4,520,102 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 221,564 deaths. The virus spread to Peru on 6 March 2020,when a 25-year-old man who had travelled to Spain,France,and the Czech Republic tested positive. On 15 March 2020,President Martín Vizcarra announced a country-wide lockdown,closing borders,restricting domestic flights,and forbidding nonessential business operations,excluding health facilities,grocery stores,pharmacies,and banks. As of May 2023,Peru has the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world,with over 6,400 deaths per one million citizens.
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.
Saleh Carlos Salvador Heresi Chicoma is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. Throughout his political career,he served as mayor of San Miguel from 2003 to 2014,member of the Peruvian Congress from 2016 to 2020,and Minister of Justice and Human Rights at the start of Martín Vizcarra administration,in 2018.
The 2020 Peruvian protests were a series of demonstrations sparked after the removal of President Martín Vizcarra that took place from 9 November to 17 November 2020.
Francisco Rafael Sagasti HochhauslerOSP;born 10 October 1944) is a Peruvian engineer,academic,politician,and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021.
Carolina Lizárraga Houghton is a Peruvian lawyer,jurist,and politician who serves as a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (PM),representing the Lima constituency.
The COVID-19 vaccination program in Peru is the national vaccination strategy to protect the population against SARS-CoV-2 employing vaccines developed for the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Vaccination began on 9 February 2021,after three days of arrival of first vaccines. On a nation message,the head of state Francisco Sagasti confirmed the purchase of 38 millions of vaccines,being one million of vaccines for health personnel.
Vacunagate refers to a scandal in Peru over the secret COVID-19 vaccination of 487 people,mainly senior officials of the Executive Power of Peru. The crisis began on February 10,2021,with the revelation that in October 2020 a coronavirus vaccine intended for Phase III of the Sinopharm clinical trials was secretly given to then-President Martín Vizcarra.
The presidency of Francisco Sagasti in Peru started on 17 November 2020 in the midst of a constitutional crisis which resulted in multiple presidential successions to complete the remaining 2020-2021 presidential term. The administration has been deemed as a "Transitional government" and an "Emergency government" in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,an economic recession,and a political crisis which dominated Peruvian life.
María Elizabeth Jacqueline Hinostroza Pereyra is a Peruvian neurosurgeon,and medical general (retired) of the National Police of Peru (PNP). She served as the country's Minister of Health from 18 November 2019 to 20 March 2020,in the government of Martín Vizcarra.
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