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.
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.
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.
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.
Carlos Bazán Zender was a Peruvian medical doctor and politician. He was a Minister of Health in the second government of Fernando Belaúnde Terry.
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 4,524,748 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 220,831 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.
Together for Peru is a Peruvian centre-left to left-wing political coalition founded with the incumbent registration of the Peruvian Humanist Party.
Rafael Bernardo López Aliaga Cazorla is a Peruvian businessman and politician,who is serving as mayor of Lima since 2023. He is currently the leader of Popular Renewal,the successor to National Solidarity reformed in 2020.
Popular Renewal is a Peruvian conservative political party. Founded in 2020,the party is the successor of the former National Solidarity Party founded and led by former Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio. Following its poor results at the 2020 snap parliamentary election,leader Rafael López Aliaga announced the party's re-foundation under the Popular Renewal.
Sergio Fernando Tejada Galindo is a Peruvian sociologist and politician who served as a Congressman representing the constituency of Lima from 2011 to 2016.
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.
Walter Ayala Gonzales is a Peruvian judge and former Minister of Defense of Peru.
Juan Manuel Carrasco Millones,is a Peruvian lawyer and former Minister of the Interior of Peru.
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.
Hernán Yury Condori Machado is a Peruvian doctor and former Minister of Health of Peru.
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.
