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José Pedro Castillo Terrones[ a ] (Spanish: [xoˈse ˈpeðɾo kasˈtiʝo teˈrones] ⓘ; born 19 October 1969) is a Peruvian politician, former elementary school teacher, and union leader who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 2021 to 7 December 2022. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Facing imminent impeachment proceedings, on 7 December 2022, Castillo ...
Contents. 2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt. On 7 December 2022, Pedro Castillo, the then- President of Peru, made an attempt to dissolve the Congress amidst looming removal proceedings. This move included the immediate imposition of a curfew, an attempt to establish an emergency government, and a call for the formation of a constituent assembly ...
The presidency of Pedro Castillo began with his inauguration as the president of Peru on 28 July 2021, the Peruvian Independence Day. In the 2021 Peruvian general election, Castillo, a school teacher and union organizer, won the presidential election against the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori of Popular Force by a 45,000 margin in the runoff.
The third presidential vacancy (impeachment) process against President Pedro Castillo was an action initiated by the Congress of the Republic of Peru with the purpose of declaring the "permanent moral incapacity" of the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, [1] under Article 113 of the Political Constitution of Peru. [2][3] On November 8 ...
Peruvian protests (2022–2023) Following the ousting of president of Peru, Pedro Castillo on 7 December 2022, [24][25][26] a series of political protests against the government of president Dina Boluarte and the Congress of Peru occurred. The demonstrations lack centralized leadership and originated primarily among grassroots movements and ...
Pedro Castillo is Free Peru's nominee and schoolteacher from Cajamarca. [26] He is a former Ronda Campesina that defended rural areas from the Shining Path in the 1980s, [27] [28] and a politician with the centre-left party Possible Peru from 2002 to 2017. [29]
This is a list of those who have served as President of the Republic of Peru (head of state and head of government of Peru) from its establishment to the present.The office was established by the Constituent Congress of Peru (1822), after the resignation of José de San Martín to his position as Protector of Peru and his subsequent departure from Peru.
Mass protests in Peru against inflation and President Pedro Castillo's government began in March 2022. The protests occurred amid rising fertilizer and fuel prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and international sanctions imposed on Russia. [6]