The president of the Council of Ministers of Peru,informally called Premier or Prime Minister,is the head of the cabinet as the most senior member of the Council of Ministers. The president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president of Peru.
The Broad Front for Justice,Life and Liberty,or simply Broad Front,is a major political coalition of parties,political organizations,social movements and activist citizens of Peru whose main objective is to consolidate the different leftist,progressive,socialist and communist sectors.
Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru in November 2020. Once a prominent member and leader of the Christian People's Party,he left and founded the Order Party in order to run for the presidency at the 2016 general election,in which he placed tenth and last with 0.4% of the popular vote.
The vice president of Bolivia,officially known as the vice president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia,is the second highest political position in Bolivia. The vice president replaces the president in his definitive absence or others impediment and is the ex officio President of the Legislative Assembly.
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.
Peru Wins was a leftist electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election. It was dominated by the Peruvian Nationalist Party and led by successful presidential candidate Ollanta Humala Tasso.
Broad Front UNEN was an center-left political coalition in Argentina. It arose through an alliance between Radical Civic Union,Civic Coalition ARI,Proyecto Sur,Freemen of the South Movement,Socialist Party,Authentic Socialist Party,and GEN.
Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo 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 President of Peru (2016–2018),Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru (2016–2017),and Ambassador of Peru to Canada (2017–2018),with the latter three during the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
The Purple Party is a centrist,liberal and progressive Peruvian political party. The color purple was chosen to represent the blending of red and blue,the colors of left and right-wing parties in Peru,symbolizing the centrist ideology of the party.
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.
Manuel Arturo Merino de Lama is a Peruvian politician who briefly served as President of Peru for six days between 10 and 15 November 2020. He also served as the President of Congress from 16 March 2020 to 15 November 2020. He was a Member of Congress (AP) representing the Tumbes constituency for the 2001–2006,2011–2016,and 2020–2021 terms.
Luis Carlos Antonio Iberico Núnez is an Argentine-born Peruvian journalist and politician. Throughout his journalistic career,he served in various news stations during the 1980s and 1990s. He gained prominence for his fight against the Alberto Fujimori administration,denouncing several allegations of corruption involving the press. Alongside Fernando Olivera,he presented the first "Vladi-videos" that would prove the major corruption operations headed by Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos. His role in Fujimori's downfall would gain him support in a career in politics.
The removal of Martín Vizcarra,president of Peru,was initiated by the Congress of Peru on 8 October 2020 under the grounds of "permanent moral incapacity". On 20 October 2020,political factions Union for Peru,Podemos Peru,and Frente Amplio co-signed a series of articles of impeachment against President Vizcarra for alleged cases of corruption during his term as the governor of Moquegua. Vizcarra was removed from office on 9 November 2020 in a 105–16 vote.
The 2020 Peruvian protests were a series of demonstrations sparked after the removal of President Martín Vizcarra that took place from 9 November to 17 November 2020.
Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler is a Peruvian engineer,academic,politician,and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021.
Popular Unity,officially registered as the Electoral Instrument for Popular Unity is a left-wing nationalist political party in Argentina,founded by trade union leader and former CTA secretary-general Víctor De Gennaro in 2010. It was part of the Frente de Todos,the coalition formed in 2019 to support the presidential candidacy of Alberto Fernández. It is now part of the Union for the Homeland which was formed to support Sergio Massa's 2023 presidential campaign. From 2011 to 2013 it was part of the Broad Progressive Front (FAP).
Carolina Lizárraga Houghton is a Peruvian lawyer,jurist,and politician who serves as a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (PM),representing the Lima constituency.
The COVID-19 vaccination program in Peru is the national vaccination strategy to protect the population against SARS-CoV-2 employing vaccines developed for the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Vaccination began on 9 February 2021,after three days of arrival of first vaccines. On a nation message,the head of state Francisco Sagasti confirmed the purchase of 38 millions of vaccines,being one million of vaccines for health personnel.
