Abel Salinas Izaguirre (May 12, 1930 – August 1, 2012) was a

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politician. In 1985 under

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's government he served as Interior Minister, and in 1987 as Energy Minister and in 1988 Minister of Economy and Finance. In 1990, he was elected Senator of the Republic, by the

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Party ticket, and unsuccessfully ran for the Presidency of Peru in the

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, winning about 1.3% of the vote. He died on August 1, 2012.

Biography

He was born in Supe Puerto on May 12, 1930. He completed his school studies at the Colegio Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Lima. Abel Salinas studied Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the National Engineering University. He also studied Economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He was director of the National Housing Corporation.

Political career

He was a member of the

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from a young age in 1943. In the party, he was Secretary of the Organization of the Aprista Guadalupana Youth (1947) as well as a member of the National Executive Committee, Secretary General of the National Association of Aprista Engineers and Architects. On August 28, 1985, Salinas assumed as Minister of the Interior during the First Government of

, he held the position until June 17, 1987. On June 27, 1987, he was appointed as Minister of Energy and Mines by former President

. He resigned from office on September 5, 1988. On September 2, 1988, he was appointed as Minister of Economy, the days before his inauguration, the official price of the dollar was 33 intis and the price of the dollar on the street (the so-called "parallel dollar") was 284 intis. Trying to bring the price of the official dollar to the same level as the price of the parallel dollar, the minister gave a "package" that was known as the "Salinazo", in which the Peruvian currency was drastically devalued. From 33 intis per official dollar, 250 intis per official dollar was paid. After that, more "paquetazos" would be applied in his management, trying to give a remedy to the economic crisis.

Death

He died on August 1, 2012.

References

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