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Dina Boluarte | |
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 Boluarte in 2024 | |
| 64th President of Peru | |
| Assumed office 7 December 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Angulo Arana Alberto Otárola Gustavo Adrianzén |
| Vice President | First Vice President Vacant Second Vice President Vacant |
| Preceded by | Pedro Castillo |
| First Vice President of Peru | |
| In office 28 July 2021 – 7 December 2022 | |
| President | Pedro Castillo |
| Preceded by | Martín Vizcarra (2018)[a] |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister of Development and Social Inclusion | |
| In office 29 July 2021 – 26 November 2022 | |
| President | Pedro Castillo |
| Preceded by | Silvana Vargas |
| Succeeded by | Cinthya Lindo Espinoza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra 31 May 1962 Chalhuanca, Peru |
| Political party |
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| Spouse |
David Gómez Villasante
(m. 1992) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of San Martín de Porres (LLB) |
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Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra[b] (Latin American Spanish: [ˈdina eɾˈsilja βoˈlwaɾte seˈɣara] ; born 31 May 1962) is a Peruvian politician, civil servant, and lawyer who has been serving as the 64th and current president of Peru since 2022. She had served as the first vice president and minister at the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion under President Pedro Castillo. She served as an officer at the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) from 2007 until 2022.[1][2]
Boluarte is the first woman to become President of Peru. She was a member of the Marxist political party Free Peru,[3] and was sworn in following Castillo's attempt to dissolve Congress and subsequent impeachment and arrest. Boluarte's presidency has generally been described as conservative.[4][5] Boluarte has aligned herself with the right-wing of the Peruvian Congress and received support from Peruvian Armed Forces. Boluarte's use of military and the police against protestors has been controversial, some even accusing her government of being a dictatorship.[6][7][8][9] During her first months as president, protests against her government emerged across Peru, during which authorities perpetrated the Ayacucho massacre and Juliaca massacre. Analysts said that Boluarte's crackdown on protestors has undermined democracy.[10][11] Despite significant international concerns, Boluarte has praised the actions of the armed forces.[12]
On 10 January 2023, attorney General of Peru Patricia Benavides announced she was opening an investigation to determine if Boluarte, Prime Minister Alberto Otárola, Minister of the Interior Víctor Rojas, and Minister of Defense Jorge Chávez committed genocide and aggravated homicide.[13] Some Latin American governments, including Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela have continued to recognize Pedro Castillo as the democratically elected President of Peru and have refused to recognize Boluarte.[14][15][16][needs update]
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- ^ "Peru's President Pedro Castillo replaced by Dina Boluarte after impeachment". BBC News. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ Vega, Renzo Gómez (8 December 2022). "Dina Boluarte, Peru's first female president". EL PAÍS English Edition. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Dina Boluarte". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Taj, Mitra; Garro, Marco (27 January 2023). "'We Have to Come Here to Be Seen': Protesters Descend on Lima". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Peru". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. 14 June 2023. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
The mainstream press, which is mostly opposed to Castillo's government, supported Boluarte's administration, which moved away from the left and aligned itself with conservative parties, seeking to protect markets and preserve the economic model which has been the status quo in the country for the past two decades.
- ^ "Daniel Encinas: "Dina Boluarte ha hecho una coalición con fuerzas que no ganaron la elección"". La Republica (in Spanish). 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Noriega, Carlos (20 December 2022). "Dina Boluarte y su giro represivo en Perú: La presidenta parece ir hacia un régimen autoritario cívico-militar". Pagina 12 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "El gobierno peruano está masacrando manifestantes". Jacobin (in Spanish). 25 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
El gobierno de Boluarte, ahora reconocido por muchos como un régimen cívico-militar
- ^ "Perú: Boluarte se aferra al poder y construye un enemigo interno para justificar la represión". Público. 14 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ • Franco, Marina E. (24 January 2023). "Peru's protest crackdown could lead to authoritarianism, experts say". Axios. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- Tegel, Simeon (27 March 2023). "Peru's First Female President Has Blood on Her Hands". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
[Boluarte's] legacy, to the extent she has one, will remain inseparable from that of her predecessor. This is not only a matter of the authoritarian excesses of her leadership over security forces, but also her emphasis on social conservatism
- "Peru's democracy is under threat". International Politics and Society. 14 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
In the region itself, there has also been fierce criticism of the authoritarian style of Dina Boluarte and her government.
- "Crackdown on protests worsens erosion of Peru's democracy". Economist Intelligence Unit. 26 April 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
the authorities deployed strong-arm tactics to quell demonstrations, including deadly force, arbitrary arrests, intimidation and the stigmatisation of demonstrators as terrorists or criminals in official discourse. As a result, we expect political instability to return, and we highlight the risk that these developments have set the scene for a move towards an authoritarian government reminiscent of that led by Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s
- "In Peru, protests resume against the backdrop of the Boluarte regime's 'authoritarian drift'". Le Monde. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- "The Authoritarian Behind Peru's Massacring of Protesters". Jacobin. 4 April 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- "Carmen Ilizarbe: 'The Boluarte government can never have social legitimacy'". il manifesto. 10 April 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
the government seems to have decidedly embarked on an authoritarian path
- Noriega, Carlos (19 March 2023). "Perú: la presidencia de Dina Boluarte cumple cien días; Una gestión marcada por la represión racista, la restauración conservadora y la persecución política". Pagina 12 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- Tegel, Simeon (27 March 2023). "Peru's First Female President Has Blood on Her Hands". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Global freedom recession may be 'bottoming out': Freedom House". Al Jazeera. 9 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Rebaza, Claudia (25 May 2023). "Peru protesters, including children, killed in 'extrajudicial executions' by security forces, Amnesty finds". CNN. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Fiscalía investigará a Dina Boluarte y a Alberto Otárola por genocidio". La Republica (in Spanish). 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "After Mexico president backs Peru's Castillo, Boluarte to call leaders". Reuters. 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Peru recalls ambassador to Honduras for 'unacceptable interference' as diplomatic spat deepens". Reuters. 26 January 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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