Francisco Remigio Morales Bermúdez Cerruti was a Peruvian politician and general who was the de facto President of Peru between 1975 and 1980,after deposing his predecessor,General Juan Velasco. His grandfather and all his original family were from the old Peruvian department of Tarapacá,which is now part of Chile. Unable to control the political and economic troubles that the nation faced,he was forced to return power to civilian rule,marking the end of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces installed by a coup d'état in 1968.
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.
Pilar Elena Mazzetti Soler is a Peruvian physician and health administrator who served as Minister of Health from July 2020 to February 2021,excluding her for nine days from office during the brief presidency of Manuel Merino. She previously held the position from February 2004 to July 2006,and was briefly Minister of the Interior from July 2006 to February 2007,being the first woman to reach said position in the Peruvian government.
Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández is a Peruvian economist,professor,and politician who served as Second Vice President of Peru from 2016 to 2020. At the beginning of her political career,she served as Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism from 2006 to July 2009,after which she was appointed briefly as Minister of Production,and finally as Minister of Economy and Finance,all portfolios under the second presidency of Alan García.
JoséDaniel Williams Zapata is a politician and retired Peruvian Army general who served as President of the Congress of Peru,the head of the legislature and next in the line of succession for the Presidency of Peru. Williams currently represents the constituency of Lima in the Peruvian Congress as a member of Go on Country - Social Integration Party.
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.
JoséPedro Castillo Terrones is a Peruvian politician,former elementary school teacher,and union leader who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 2021 to 7 December 2022. Facing imminent impeachment proceedings,on 7 December 2022,Castillo attempted to dissolve Congress and rule by decree. In response,the Congress of the Republic of Peru impeached him,resulting in his removal from office.
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.
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.
JoséHuerta was a Peruvian politician who served as Minister of Defence from 2 April 2018 until his death.
Pedro Carlos Olaechea Álvarez-Calderón is a Peruvian economist,vintner businessman and politician,who is the former President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru. Olaechea had served in Congress from 2016 to 2019,elected for the Peruvians for Change,representing the constituency of Lima.
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.
Walter Roger Martos Ruiz is a Peruvian retired military general and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru from August to November 2020,under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. He previously served as Minister of Defense from October 2019 to August 2020.
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.
Guido Bellido Ugarte is a Peruvian politician of Quechua heritage,an electrical engineer and economist. He served as prime minister of Peru from 29 July to 6 October 2021. He is also serving as a member of the Congress,representing Cuzco.
Aníbal Torres Vásquez is a Peruvian lawyer,jurist,and politician who served as prime minister of Peru from February 2022 to November 2022. He was also Minister of Justice and Human Rights from July 2021 to February 2022 under the government of Pedro Castillo.
Arnulfo Bruno Pacheco Castillo is a Peruvian politician and former presidential secretary of Peru. He served on that position and as presidential chief of staff under Peruvian President Pedro Castillo. During 2022,Pacheco was a fugitive,but on 25 July of that year,he gave up to authorities.
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.
Roberto Helbert Sánchez Palomino is a Peruvian psychologist and politician. He is a congressman of the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the period 2021-2026 and was Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism for Pedro Castillo from July 29,2021 until his resignation on December 7,2022.
