2021 in Peru

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Events in the year 2021 in Peru .

Incumbents

Prior to elections

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Francisco R. Sagasti (portrait).jpg President of Peru Francisco Sagasti
Violeta Bermudez (cropped).jpg Prime Minister of Peru Violeta Bermúdez

After the elections

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Pedro Castillo presidente (cropped).jpg President of Peru Pedro Castillo
Guido Bellido. Presidente Pedro Castillo jura de manera simbolica en historica Pampa de Ayacucho 14-9 screenshot (cropped).png Prime Minister of Peru Guido Bellido

Events

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April to June

July to September

October to December

Deaths

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April to June

July to September

October to December

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  20. Rapper One, el primer ganador de Red Bull Perú, fallece tras luchar contra la COVID-19 (in Spanish)
  21. Excongresista Víctor Crisólogo fallece en Nuevo Chimbote por COVID-19 (in Spanish)
  22. Carlos Burga, histórico boxeador peruano, falleció víctima del coronavirus (in Spanish)
  23. Carlos Tapia, exdiputado y columnista de Perú21, falleció este martes (in Spanish)
  24. Teresa Burga: artista plástica peruana falleció a los 86 años (in Spanish)
  25. Fallece Javier Neves Mujica, destacado abogado y exministro de Trabajo (in Spanish)
  26. Falleció el periodista y relator deportivo Ítalo Villarreal (in Spanish)
  27. Condolencias por el fallecimiento del Sr. Carlos Chacón Galindo» (in Spanish)
  28. Hipólito Chaiña, congresista de bancada Nueva Constitución, falleció este lunes en Arequipa (in Spanish)
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  30. Un día triste para el fútbol peruano: Miguel Miranda murió a los 54 años (in Spanish)
  31. Falleció el escritor Pedro Novoa a los 46 años (in Spanish)
  32. Adiós, Ernesto Ráez, hombre de teatro (in Spanish)
  33. Luis Bedoya Reyes, fundador del PPC, falleció a los 102 años (in Spanish)
  34. Monseñor Luis Bambarén falleció tras ser diagnosticado con coronavirus (in Spanish)
  35. Excongresista Manuel Dammert falleció a los 72 años víctima del COVID-19 (in Spanish)
  36. Falleció el actor peruano Jorge Chiarella a los 77 años (in Spanish)
  37. Muere exalcalde de Trujillo, Elidio Espinoza, por COVID-19 (in Spanish)
  38. The New York Times: Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86
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  40. "Falleció Oscar Catacora, cineasta puneño que dirigió la película Wiñaypacha". La República (in Spanish). 27 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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