Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
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Incumbents
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President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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Martín Vizcarra
Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo (; born 22 March 1963) 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 P ...
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Francisco Sagasti
Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler OSP ( (); born 10 October 1944) is a Peruvian engineer, academic, and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021.
Sagasti has worked as an advisor for economic development a ...
(from 17 November)
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Prime Minister
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Vicente Zeballos
Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas (born 10 May 1963) 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 ...
Violeta Bermúdez
Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia (born 12 August 1961) is a Peruvian lawyer, writer and diplomat. On 18 November 2020, Bermúdez became the Prime Minister of Peru. Previously, she held positions in the United States Agency for International Developmen ...
prison riot
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Prison riots have not been the subject of many academic studies or research inqui ...
at the Miguel Castro Castro prison in
San Juan de Lurigancho
San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL) is a district in Lima, Peru, located in the area known as ''Cono Este''.
It is Peru's most populous district, with a current population that may exceed one million.
On the north, it is bordered by the districts of ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
stampede
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when police raided at a nightclub in
Los Olivos District
Los Olivos is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Is a District of the Cono Norte area in the city of Lima.
History
In the Viceroyalty and early years of the republic, it was part of the great territory of Carabayllo.
In the mid-16th c ...
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September
*18 September – Impeachment hearings for President
Martín Vizcarra
Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo (; born 22 March 1963) 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 P ...
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Deaths
January
* January 4 –
Walter Ormeño
José Francisco Walter Ormeño Arango (3 December 1926 – 4 January 2020) was a Peruvian association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
Career
Born in Lima, Ormeño played for Club Universitari ...
, footballer (b. 1926).
* January 9 – Pablo Macera, historian (b. 1929).
* January 19 –
Dante Frasnelli Tarter
Dante Frasnelli Tarter (6 January 1925 – 10 January 2020) was an Italian-Peruvian Catholic bishop.
Frasnelli Tarter was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1952. He served as territorial prelate of Huari, Peru
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, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).
March
* March 4 –
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra (; ; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as Prime Mini ...
Vice President
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Gian Carlo Vacchelli
Gian Carlo Vacchelli Corbetto (16 December 1981 – 12 August 2020) was a Peruvian sports commentator and Fujimorist politician. Nicknamed ''El Angelito'', meaning "the little angel", he presented the sports program ''El ángel del deporte'' (20 ...
, sports commentator and politician (b. 1981).
* August 14 – Moisés Mamani, politician (b. 1969).
* August 24 – Jorge Sanjinez Lenz, military volunteer (b. 1917).
* August 25 – Francisco Belaúnde, politician (b. 1923).
History of Peru
The history of Peru spans 10 millennia, extending back through several stages of cultural development along the country's desert coastline and in the Andes mountains. Peru's coast was home to the Norte Chico civilization, the oldest civilization ...
References
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Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...