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.
Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde is a Peruvian Fujimorist politician and a former Congressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2020. He was President of the Congress for the 2017–2018 annual term. Galarreta was part of the presidential ticket of Keiko Fujimori in the 2021 elections that lost the elections to the Pedro Castillo ticket,however,he was elected to the Andean Parliament.
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.
César Villanueva Arévalo is a Peruvian politician who was the prime minister of Peru from April 2018 to March 2019,and previously served as prime minister from October 2013 to February 2014. In 2007,he became governor of the San Martín Region. He was sworn in as prime minister by President Ollanta Humala on 31 October 2013,and is affiliated with centre-left parties. In the 2016 general elections,he was elected congressman representing San Martin under the Alliance for the Progress of Peru of César Acuña.
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.
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 4,526,977 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 220,975 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 Hochhausler is a Peruvian engineer,academic,politician,and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021.
Mesías Antonio Guevara Amasifuén is a Peruvian politician and engineer. A former member of the Popular Action party,he served as the party's president from 2014 to 2023. He was previously a Congressman,representing Cajamarca between 2011 and 2016 and served as governor of Cajamarca from 2019 to 2022.
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 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.
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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