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Dina Boluarte was sworn in as Peru’s new president on Wednesday after Congress ousted former president Pedro Castillo.
Amid this turbulent situation, Boruarte, who was the country’s vice-president until hours earlier, took over as Castillo’s successor after being sworn in before the plenary session of Congress on Wednesday afternoon.
She is Peru’s first female president and sixth president in less than five years.
Boruarte’s term will be extended until July 2026.
In his first speech as president on Wednesday, Bolarte called for a “political ceasefire to install a government of national unity” and said he would fight corruption with the support of the country’s Attorney General’s Office and Auditor’s Office.
“My first job is to fight corruption in all its forms,” Boruarte said. “I have watched with disgust the media and the judiciary report the shameful act of robbery of all Peruvian money. This cancer must be eradicated.”
Bolarte’s predecessor, Castillo, was dismissed and arrested on Wednesday for declaring the temporary suspension of parliament unconstitutional, according to multiple constitutional analysts in the country.
At least seven ministers and other senior officials resigned in protest at Castillo’s move, accusing the former president of plotting a coup.
Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, 60, majored in law at San Martin de Poles Private University, where she also completed a master’s degree in notary law and registration law.
She began her political career in 2007 as an advisor to senior management at Surco’s National Registry of Identification and Civil Status before becoming head of the local office.
In 2018, he ran for mayor of Surquillo from the Liberal Party of Peru. Two years later, in 2020, she ran for extraordinary parliamentary elections, but she failed to win a seat.
During the 2021 general election, Boluarte was the Peruvian Libre party’s vice-presidential candidate and Castillo’s running mate. Castillo won the contest on the second ballot, winning his 8,836,380 votes, according to the National Electoral Review Board (JNE).
In an interview with Fernando del Rincón on CNN en Espanyol that year, Boruarte said: Diverse needs of Peruvian society. We don’t want a sabotageist parliament (…) I never said we were going to shut down parliament. ”
On 29 July 2021, she became Minister for Development and Social Inclusion, a position she held until 25 November 2022, when Betsy Chavez announced her resignation after being appointed Chair of the Council of Ministers. .
“Today, I have decided not to stay in the next cabinet.It is with deep reflection that the current polarization harms everyone, especially ordinary citizens trying to emerge from the political and economic crisis. There is no doubt that
However, she remained in the Cabinet as Vice President. Less than two weeks later, she was installed as the new Peruvian leader.
