Jorge Del Castillo
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Jorge del Castillo | |
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Assumed office 28 July 2006 |
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President | Alan García |
Preceded by | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
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Born | 2 July 1950 Lima, Peru |
Political party | APRA |
Alma mater | National University of San Marcos Pontifical Catholic University of Peru |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jorge Alfonso Alejandro Del Castillo Gálvez (Lima, July 2, 1950) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He is currently the Prime Minister of Peru and a Congressman. He is also a member and current Secretary-General of the Peruvian Aprista Party. In his career he has served in the now abolished Peruvian Chamber of Deputies, in the Peruvian Congress of the Republic, and as mayor of Lima and Barranco.
[edit] Biography
Jorge Del Castillo studied law at the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru from 1968 to 1974. Between 1993 and 1994 Del Castillo studied Constitutional Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Del Castillo served as mayor of Barranco Ward, Lima from 1984 to 1986. In 1985 he was appointed by then Aprista President Alan Garcia as prefect (appointed state governor) of Lima. In 1987 he was elected as mayor of Metropolitan Lima County running as a member of the Peruvian Aprista Party and served as mayor until 1989. In 1992 when then President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the opposition controlled Congress, Del Castillo helped APRA leader Alan Garcia find refuge in Colombia.
Del Castillo would not return to politics until 1995 when he was elected to Congress representing Lima. He would win re-election to Congress in 2000, 2001, and 2006. In 1999 Del Castillo would become the Secretary-General of the APRA and was confirmed to the position in 2004. Del Castillo represents the APRA before the Organization of American States.
[edit] External links
- Official Congress Profile Congress of the Republic of Peru
- Peruvian Aprista Party Official Site
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Preceded by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
Prime Minister of Peru 2006 – present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by Alfonso Barrantes |
Mayor of Lima 1987 – 1989 |
Succeeded by Ricardo Belmont |
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