Presidency of Dina Boluarte

The presidency of Dina Boluarte began with her inauguration as the president of Peru on 7 December 2022, immediately following the removal of Pedro Castillo from office in the aftermath of his attempted self-coup.

Presidency of Dina Boluarte
Presidency of Dina Boluarte
7 December 2022 – present
CabinetSee list
PartyIndependent
Election2021
SeatGovernment Palace (Peru)
Official website
Angulo Cabinet

Cabinet of Peru
2022
Cabinet of Pedro Angulo
Date formed10 December 2022 (2022-12-10)
Date dissolved21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
People and organisations
President of the RepublicDina Boluarte
President of the Council of MinistersPedro Angulo
No. of ministers19
Member partyNon-partisan (18)
Peru First (1)
Status in legislature
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Opposition partiesFree Peru
Together for Peru
History
Legislature term2021–2026
PredecessorChávez Cabinet
SuccessorOtárola Cabinet
Otárola Cabinet

Cabinet of Peru
2022–2024
Cabinet of Alberto Otárola
Date formed21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)
Date dissolved5 March 2024 (2024-03-05)
People and organisations
President of the RepublicDina Boluarte
President of the Council of MinistersAlberto Otárola
No. of ministers19
Member partyNon-partisan (17)
Alliance for Progress (1)
Peru First (1)
Status in legislature
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Opposition partiesFree Peru
Together for Peru
History
Legislature term2021–2026
PredecessorAngulo Cabinet
SuccessorAdrianzén Cabinet
Adrianzén Cabinet

Cabinet of Peru
2024–
Cabinet of Gustavo Adrianzén
Date formed6 March 2024 (2024-03-06)
People and organisations
President of the RepublicDina Boluarte
President of the Council of MinistersGustavo Adrianzén
No. of ministers19
Member partyNon-partisan (16)
Alliance for Progress (1)
Modern Peru (1)
Purple Party (1)
Status in legislature
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Opposition partiesFree Peru
Together for Peru
History
Legislature term2021–2026
PredecessorOtárola Cabinet

Background

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The formation of this government comes three days after the investiture of Dina Boluarte as President of the Republic after the attempted self-coup by Pedro Castillo that occurred the same morning. From her speech as the new president, she declared "to ask for a political truce to install a government of national unity".[1]

History

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First negotiations

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As of 8 December, President Dina Boluarte announces that she will meet with all the parliamentary groups, being herself a president without a label, and therefore without any party or group supporting her continuously in Congress to form a political government.[2]

Nevertheless, it meets most of the parliamentary groups of the center and the right, in particular Popular Force, Go on Country, Popular Renewal, Popular Action, Integrity and Development and the left group of Together for Peru.[3]

According to deputies from Free Peru, President Dina Boluarte offered her former party a place in the government, which the parliamentarians refused.[4] A few hours later, party leader Vladimir Cerrón confirmed that the party refuses to join the government and refuses the convocation of the group by the president, it is the only group that refused the invitation, demonstrating the still continuous support for Pedro Castillo and destroyed relations with Boluarte.[5]

All the parliamentary groups, and especially the center and the right, announce that they will not join the government,[6] all preferring a technical government of national unity, and especially on the left, demanding the calling of a snap general election.[3][7]

Pro-Castillo protests

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Nevertheless, the parliamentary groups agree on the need to quickly appoint a unity government, in an attempt to calm the protests in the street. Because from the appointment of Dina Boluarte, about a thousand people marched in Lima towards the Congress.[8]

Other demonstrators also blocked the Panamericana highway the same day with rocks, logs, and burning tires to demand general elections and the closure of Congress, as Pedro Castillo wanted.[8]

In Ica, several dozen demonstrators paralyzed the transport of passengers and freight vehicles. In Arequipa, a thousand kilometers south of Lima, there were also blockages on the Panamericana Sur highway.[8]

Street mobilizations were also reported in other parts of the interior of Peru such as Chota (Cajamarca, birthplace of Castillo), Trujillo, Puno, Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Moquegua.[8]

First rumors about the chairman of the Council

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If the government will therefore not be political, Dina Boluarte must therefore find independent politicians, withdrawn from political life and above all experienced. The first media rumors refer to the appointment of Jorge Nieto as President of the Council of Ministers, an experienced minister from the time of the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.[9]

While the Minister is experienced, he is nevertheless not independent, but with a brand new centrally located party called the Party of Good Government (PBG) which does not yet have representation in Congress, which could only slightly annoy the groups in parliament.[9]

The other two rumors mentioned would be the appointment of Alberto Otárola, former Minister of Defense during the era of the presidency of Ollanta Humala, or the current mediator of Peru Walter Gutiérrez.[10]

Announcement and composition

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On 9 December, President Dina Boluarte announces that the composition of her government will be finalized in the evening, and announced on Saturday morning, 10 December, before noon.[11]

Finally, the government investiture ceremony takes place at 1 p.m., and the president decides to appoint the lawyer Pedro Angulo. In the government, eight women are appointed, which is more than in all of Pedro Castillo's five governments, and the ministers belong or have belonged to a political party, but who have no parliamentary representation. The cabinet is therefore a technical government.[12]

In addition, President Dina Boluarte has not yet decided on the Ministers of Labor and Transport, the portfolios that were most criticized and used for corruption in Castillo's government.[12]

Changes

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On 13 December, three days after the formation of the government, President Dina Boluarte announces the appointment of the Ministers of Labor and Transport, Eduardo García and Paola Lazarte.[13]

On 16 December, the sixth day of government, the two Ministers of Education and Culture Patricia Correa and Jair Pérez announced their resignation, in opposition to the outbreak of the state of emergency in the country and the numerous deaths during the demonstrations in favor of Pedro Castillo,[14] whose death toll worsened the same day, with 18 dead, confirmed by the Minister of Health Rosa Gutiérrez.[15]

Composition

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Office of the President of the Council of Ministers10 December 202221 December 2022 Independent
21 December 20226 March 2024 Independent
6 March 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Foreign Affairs10 December 20226 November 2023 Independent
Javier González-Olaechea
7 November 20233 September 2024 Christian People’s Party
Elmer Schialer Salcedo
3 September 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Defense10 December 202221 December 2022 Independent
Jorge Chávez Cresta
21 December 202213 February 2024 Independent
Walter Astudillo Chávez
13 February 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Alex Contreras Miranda
10 December 202213 February 2024 Independent
José Arista Arbildo
13 February 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of the Interior
César Cervantes Cárdenas
10 December 202221 December 2022 Independent
Víctor Rojas Herrera
21 December 202213 January 2023 Independent
13 January 202317 November 2023 Independent
21 November 20231 April 2024 Independent
Walter Ortiz Acosta
1 April 202416 May 2024 Independent
Juan Santiváñez Antúnez
16 May 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
José Andrés Tello Alfaro
10 December 202223 April 2023 Independent
Daniel Maurate Romero
23 Abril 20236 September 2023 Independent
Eduardo Arana Ysa
6 September 2023Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Education
Patricia Correa Arangoitia
10 December 202221 December 2022 Independent
Óscar Becerra Tresierra
21 December 202223 April 2023 Independent
Magnet Márquez Ramírez
23 April 20236 September 2023 Independent
Miriam Ponce Vértiz
6 September 20231 April 2024 Independent
Morgan Quero Gaime
1 April 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Health
Rosa Gutiérrez Palomino
10 December 202215 June 2023 Peru First
César Vásquez Sánchez
19 June 2023Incumbent Alliance for Progress
Ministry of Agriculture Development and Irrigation
Nelly Paredes del Castillo
10 December 20226 September 2023 Independent
Jennifer Contreras Álvarez
6 September 20231 April 2024 Independent
Ángel Manero Campos
1 April 2024Incumbent Purple Party
Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment
Eduardo García Birimisa
13 December 202213 January 2023 Independent
Luis Alberto Adrianzén Ojeda
13 January 202323 April 2023 Independent
Fernando Varela Bohórquez
23 April 20236 September 2023 Independent
Daniel Maurate Romero
6 September 2023Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Production
Sandra Belaúnde Arnillas
10 December 202225 January 2023 Independent
Raúl Pérez-Reyes Espejo
26 January 20236 September 2023 Independent
6 September 20231 April 2024 Independent
Sergio González Guerrero
1 April 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism
Luis Fernando Elguero González
10 December 202223 April 2023 Independent
Juan Carlos Mathews Salazar
23 April 20231 April 2024 Independent
Elizabeth Galdo Marín
1 April 20243 September 2024 Go on Country
Úrsula León Chempén
3 September 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Energy and Mines
Óscar Vera Gargurevich
10 December 202213 February 2024 Independent
Rómulo Mucho Mamani
13 February 2024Incumbent Modern Peru
Ministry of Transportation and Communications
Paola Lazarte Castillo
13 December 20226 September 2023 Independent
Raúl Pérez-Reyes Espejo
6 September 2023Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation
Hania Pérez de Cuéllar Lubienska
10 December 20223 September 2024 Independent
Durich Whittembury Talledo
3 September 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations10 December 202213 January 2023 Independent
Nancy Tolentino Gamarra
13 January 20231 April 2024 Independent
1 April 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Environment10 December 202213 February 2024 Independent
Juan Castro Vargas
13 February 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Culture
Jair Pérez Bráñez
10 December 202221 December 2022 Independent
Leslie Urteaga Peña
21 December 20223 September 2024 Independent
Fabricio Valencia Gibaja
3 September 2024Incumbent Independent
Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion
Julio Demartini Montes
10 December 2022Incumbent Independent

References

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  1. ^ "en vivo - Dina Boluarte juramenta en el Congreso tras vacancia de Pedro Castillo". El Comercio (in Spanish). Peru. 23 January 2022..
  2. ^ "Dina Boluarte: ¿Cómo gobernará una presidenta sin bancada? Tregua e incertidumbre desde los bloques del Congreso". El Comercio (in Spanish). Peru. 10 December 2022..
  3. ^ a b "Dina Boluarte EN VIVO: "Unidos avanzaremos rumbo al progreso que por años se ha venido postergando"". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 9 December 2022..
  4. ^ "Margot Palacios revela que Dina Boluarte ofreció a Perú Libre conformar Gabinete Ministerial". exitosanoticias.pe (in Spanish). 9 December 2022..
  5. ^ "Vladimir Cerrón anuncia que Perú Libre no integrará gabinete ministerial de Dina Boluarte". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 9 December 2022..
  6. ^ "Acción Popular: "Dina Boluarte dijo que ningún congresista será parte del nuevo gabinete"". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 9 December 2022..
  7. ^ "Dina Boluarte evalúa designar como premier a Luis Chuquihuara". infobae.com (in Spanish). 10 December 2022..
  8. ^ a b c d "La nueva presidenta peruana trata de sumar apoyos para formar el gabinete". perfil.com (in Spanish). 10 December 2022..
  9. ^ a b "Perú: Dina Boluarte se reúne con bancadas mientras afina su equipo ministerial". vozdeamerica.com (in Spanish). 9 December 2022..
  10. ^ "Los nombres que baraja Dina Boluarte para su gabinete: Suenan ex funcionarios de PPK y Humala". emol.com (in Spanish). 9 December 2022..
  11. ^ "Presidenta Dina Boluarte anuncia que mañana sábado juramenta nuevo Gabinete". andina.pe (in Spanish). 9 December 2022..
  12. ^ a b "Perú: Boluarte nombra gabinete con un exfiscal superior como primer ministro" (in Spanish). Deutsche Welle. 10 December 2022..
  13. ^ "Eduardo García Birimisa y Paola Lazarte Castillo juraron como nuevos ministros de Estado". rpp.pe (in Spanish). 13 December 2022..
  14. ^ "Ministros de Educación y Cultura de Perú renuncian a una semana de tomar el cargo". excelsior.com.mx (in Spanish). 16 December 2022..
  15. ^ "Le bilan monte à 18 morts, 5 000 touristes bloqués". lessentiel.lu (in French). 16 December 2022..
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