Jaime Thorne Leon
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Thorne and the second or maternal family name is Leon.
| Jaime Thorne | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Defense of Peru | |
| In office 15 September 2010 – 28 July 2011 | |
| President | Alan García |
| Preceded by | Rafael Rey |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Mora |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lima, Peru |
| Political party | Independent |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jaime Thorne Leon served as the Defense Minister of Peru under the administration of President Alan García.
Biography
A lawyer, he was the President of the Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property, a.k.a. INDECOPI, until he was appointed as Minister of Defense by President Alan García in September 2010.[1] He is also the uncle of Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, which is the bishop of Lima, and member of the distinguished conservative Thorne family.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appointment
- ↑ CIA World Leaders
- ↑ Picture with Ecuador's Foreign and Defense Ministers, and Peru's Foreign Minister
- ↑ 'Peru, China sign military cooperation agreement', in The Peruvian Times, May 4, 2011
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