Jorge Del Castillo 

Jorge Del Castillo
Jorge Del Castillo

In office
28 July 2006 – 14 October 2008
President Alan García
Preceded by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Succeeded by Yehude Simon

Born 2 July 1950 (1950-07-02) (age 58)
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 was the Prime Minister of Peru. 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.

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Education

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.

Politics

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 did not return to politics until 1995 when he was elected to Congress representing Lima. He won re-election to Congress in 2000, 2001, and 2006. In 1999, he became the Secretary-General of the APRA and was confirmed to the position in 2004. He represents the APRA before the Organization of American States.

His cabinet resigned on 10 October 2008 following an oil scandal.1

See also

2008 Peru oil scandal

References

  1. ^ Oil row brings down Peru cabinet

External links

Current Congress of the Republic of Peru (2006-2011)

Amazonas: Maslucan, Salazar
Ancash: Anaya, Balta, Calderón, Mallqui,
 Otárola
Apurímac: Galindo, A. León
Arequipa: Eguren, González, Gutiérrez,
 Mendoza, Santos
Ayacucho: Huancahuari, E. León, Urquizo
Cajamarca: Cabrera, Chacón, E. Espinoza,
 Florián, Rebaza
Callao: Giampietri, Mekler, Negreiros, Pérez
Cusco: Luizar, Mayorga, Sumire, Supa,
 Wilson
Huancavelica: Ruiz, Saldaña
Huánuco: Beteta, Cajahuanca, Huerta
Ica: Núñez, Gonzales P., Serna, Yamashiro

Junín: Acosta, Canchaya, Pando, Reymundo,
 Vílchez
La Libertad: Alegría, Alva Castro, Benites,
 Escudero, Robles, Rodríguez, Urtecho
Lambayeque: Aguinaga, Carpio, G. Espinoza,
 Falla, Velásquez*
Lima: Abugattás, Alcorta, Andrade, Bedoya,
 Bruce, Cabanillas, Castro, Cuculiza,
 del Castillo, K. Fujimori, S. Fujimori, Galarreta,
 García Belaúnde, Herrera, Hildebrandt, Lazo,
 L. León, Lombardi, Luna, Menchola, Moyano,
 Mulder, Pérez del Solar, Raffo, Reggiardo,
 Sasieta, Silva, Sousa, Torres Caro, Uribe,
 Valle Riestra, Vásquez, Vega, Waisman,
 Zumaeta

Loreto: Isla, Peña, Vargas
Madre de Dios: Perry
Moquegua: H. Guevara, Zeballos
Pasco: de la Cruz, Ramos
Piura: Carrasco, M. Espinoza,
 M. Guevara,  Morales, Peralta,
 Venegas,
Puno: Cenzano, Estrada, Lescano,
 Sucari, Vilca
San Martín: Obregón, Pastor,
 Reátegui
Tacna: Flores, Ordoñez
Tumbes: Cánepa, Sánchez
Ucayali: Macedo , Najar

*President of Congress

Parties/Alliances: APRA | UPP | UN | AF | FC | PP | RN | PDP

Political offices
Preceded by
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Prime Minister of Peru
2006 – 2008
Succeeded by
Yehude Simon
Preceded by
Alfonso Barrantes
Mayor of Lima
1987 – 1989
Succeeded by
Ricardo Belmont
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