Walter Roger Martos Ruiz (born 2 November 1957) is a Peruvian retired military general and politician who briefly served as

Prime Minister of Peru The president of the Council of Ministers of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente del Consejo de Ministros del Perú), informally called Premier (form of address) or Prime Minister, is the head of the cabinet as the most senior member of the Council ...

from August to November 2020, under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. He previously served as

Minister of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

from October 2019 to August 2020. A former major-general of the Peruvian Army, Martos served in a variety of leading military positions throughout his career.

Army career

Martos was born in the northern city of

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. Following the conclusion of his high school education at the Cristo Rey Maristas School, Martos enrolled in the Chorrillos Military School, where he would graduate in 1978 with a specialization in Engineering. He attained a master's degree at the Army's Superior War College and at the Army's Scientific and Technological Institute. He was successively Secretary General of the Army General Command; General Commander of Education and Doctrine Command of the Peruvian Army; Commander General of the Northern Military Region (2011); Chief of General Staff of the Army; and Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (2013). He has also been director of the Army Language Center; Academic deputy director and director of the Military School of Chorrillos; director of the School of Engineering and the Superior School of War.

Political career

Minister of Defense (2019–2020)

On October 3, 2019, as a retired general, Martos was sworn in as

, as part of the cabinet led by Vicente Zeballos, of the Martín Vizcarra administration. He succeeded retired Vice Admiral Jorge Moscoso in said position, as part of the cabinet renewal following the dissolution of the

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four days prior.

Prime Minister (2020)

Following the congressional denial of confidence against

Pedro Cateriano Pedro Álvaro Cateriano Bellido (born 26 June 1958) 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 ...

's cabinet, President Martín Vizcarra appointed Martos as

on 6 August 2020. Into three months in office, Martos resigned alongside his cabinet following the impeachment and removal of President Vizcarra, on 9 November 2020.

References

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