Dina Boluarte became Peru's first female president on Wednesday amid a political maelstrom when her predecessor and former boss Pedro Castillo was ousted in an impeachment trial and detained by police after he tried to illegally shut down Congress.
Peru's interim President Dina Boluarte, who was called on by Congress to take the office after the legislature approved the removal of President Pedro Castillo in an impeachment trial, waves after being sworn-in, in Lima, Peru December 7, 2022.
"I request a political truce to install a government of national unity," she said in her first speech after being sworn in as the country's sixth president in just five years. She pledged to form a broad Cabinet of "all bloods".A lawyer by training, Boluarte was relatively unknown to most Peruvians until recently. In 2018 she won less than 4% of the vote in a Lima district's mayoral election and lost a bid for a parliamentary seat in 2021.
Born in Apurimac, one of the regions in Peru's mountainous south where Castillo saw his strongest support, Boluarte spent years working at the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status, which records births, marriages and deaths.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Peru President Pedro Castillo Ousted After Attempting to Dissolve CongressBreaking: Peru's Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office, shortly after he said he would dissolve the legislature to avoid impeachment
Read more »
Jenna Ortega and Emma Myers Seemingly Ship Wednesday and Enid Dating in Netflix's 'Wednesday'I, too, ship 'Wenclair.'
Read more »
Peruvian politician Boluarte sworn in as president after Castillo's removalPeruvian politician Dina Boluarte was sworn in as president on Wednesday, hours after Pedro Castillo was removed in an impeachment trial during a day of high political drama in the Andean nation.
Read more »
Peru swears in a new president amid constitutional crisisVice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.
Read more »
Boluarte becomes Peru's first ever female president after Castillo's ousterPeru politician Dina Boluarte is sworn in as interim president, hours after Pedro Castillo's removal and detention during a day of high political drama in the Andean nation
Read more »