Biography perus leaders
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President of Peru
Head of state and government of Peru
This article is about President of the Republic of Peru. For a list, see List of presidents of Peru.
The president of Peru (Spanish: Presidente del Perú), officially the constitutional president of the Republic of Peru (Spanish: presidente constitucional de la República del Perú), is the head of state and head of government of Peru. The president is the head of the executive branch and is the supreme head of the Armed Forces and National Police of Peru. The office of president corresponds to the highest magistracy in the country, making the president the highest-ranking public official in Peru.[2]
Due to broadly interpreted impeachment wording in the 1993 Constitution of Peru, the Congress of Peru can impeach the president without cause, effectively making the executive branch subject to the legislature.[3][4][5][6]
The president is elected to direct the general po
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Pedro Castillo
President of Peru from 2021 to 2022
For other people named Pedro Castillo, see Pedro Castillo (disambiguation).
José Pedro Castillo Terrones[a] (Latin American Spanish:[xoˈseˈpeðɾokasˈtiʝoteˈrones]ⓘ; 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 attempted to illegally dissolve församling and rule by decree. In response, the församling of the Republic of Peru (including his own political party) impeached him, resulting in his removal from office.[3][4][5][6]
Born to a peasant family in Puña, Cajamarca, Castillo began working in Peru's informal economy as a teenager to earn medel for his studies in education and later returned to his hometown to become a primary school teacher. He attaine
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| By J. Robert Parks |
Although George Washington may be known as the father of his country, Simón Bolívar is known as the liberator of his continent—South America, in his case. It was 200 years ago this week, on February 10, 1824, that Bolívar became Peru’s ruler after liberating it from Spanish colonial control. This came after he had already helped liberate what later became Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador. Educators and librarians looking to help students understand Bolívar’s significance as well as how South America transitioned from colonial rule to independence will find numerous resources in Gale In Context: World History.
Simón Bolívar was born on July 24, 1783, to a wealthy family in Caracas. When he was a young man, he traveled to Europe and was married in 1802, but he returned to South America after the death of his wife. Most of South America was under Spanish control at that point, but Napoleon’s occupation of Spain in 1808, known as the Peninsula