Who is Dina Boluarte, the new president who took office in Peru

Who is Dina Boluarte, the new president who took office in Peru

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Still today Little is known about Boluarte’s private life.who was born in the impoverished Andean department of Apurímac, in the south of the country, and comes from popular classes, like Castillo. Boluarte was elected vice president in July 2021, on behalf of the pFree Peru Marxist Leninist party (PL)and as such was always in the middle of speculation by the various attempts by Congress to remove Castillo.

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boluarte was born in Chalhuanca, a city of less than 30,000 inhabitants almost 3,000 meters high, and she graduated as a lawyer at the private San Martín de Porres University, in Lima, where he also followed postgraduate studies. For many years, the now president exercisedor a modest position in the State: manager of a minor branch in Lima of the entity in charge of delivering identity documents.

In 2018, the anonymous official had her first participation in politics, when running for mayor of a middle-class Lima district, Surquillo, where she lives. She barely obtained 2.8% of the vote, but there was a significant fact: not having a party, she applied for PL and began a relationship with that group from which she was expelled last yearalready as vice-president, for publicly criticize your bossVladimir Cerron.

Before, in 2020, she had been a candidate for congressman by PL, but with a minimal vote. Still C.Errón selected her to form the presidential formula with Castillo which, against all odds, was a winner.

Pedro Castillo

Pedro Castillo in the Peruvian prosecutor's office.

Pedro Castillo in the Peruvian prosecutor’s office.

Photo: Public Ministry / Elcomercio.pe

boluarte she was Minister of Social Inclusion from Castillo’s inauguration until last month and, unlike most Castillo officialswas not involved in scandals nor did he sow suspicions of corruption. Even so, the parliamentary opposition had her in her sights and tried to dismiss her for having continued to appear as president of a private club -the Apurímac, made up of her countrymen in Lima-, despite the fact that by law that is incompatible with being a minister. Nevertheless, this week Congress filed the case considering that there were no incompatibilities and incidentally, he left without effect another complaint that had been made against him without further grounds for alleged nepotism.

Political scientist Alonso Cárdenas told Télam that the course of events will determine whether Boluarte continues as president until the end of the term, in 2026, or if early elections are called. “Boluarte can manage better than Castillo. It is a pity that a president who came as the hope of the popular classes, who seemed to be one of their own, has turned out to be of the same ilk of Alan García, Alejandro Toledo or other former presidents,” said Cárdenas.

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