Peru President Pedro Castillo named Minister of Culture Betssy Chavez as the country’s new prime minister. She will replace Anibal Torres, who resigned amid an ongoing clash between leftist Castillo and the conservative-controlled Parliament.
Betssy Chavez
- Betssy Betzabet Chávez Chino is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. She is currently serving as prime minister of Peru since 26 November 2022.
- She has been a member of the Peruvian Congress since July 2021 and served as Minister of Culture from August 2022 to November 2022.
- She previously was apointed as Minister of Labor and Employment Promotion, from October 2021 until May 2022.
- Chávez is the 5th Prime Minister to be appointed by President Pedro Castillo.
Betssy Chávez Biography
- Born: 3 June 1989, Ciudad Nueva, Tacna, Peru
- Age – 33 years
- Education: Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University
About Peru –
- Capital: Lima
- Currency: Sol
- President: Pedro Castillo
- Continent: South America
- Population: 3.34 crores (2021)
List of Prime Ministers of Peru
| S.N. | Name | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aníbal Torres | 8 February 2022- Incumbent |
| 2 | Héctor Valer | 1 February 2022- 8 February 2022 |
| 3 | Mirtha Vásquez | 6 October 2021- 1 February 2022 |
| 4 | Guido Bellido | 29 July 2021- 6 October 2021 |
| 5 | Violeta Bermúdez | 18 November 2020- 28 July 2021 |
| 6 | Ántero Flores Aráoz | 11 November 2020- 15 November 2020 |
| 7 | Walter Martos | 6 August 2020- 9 November 2020 |
| 8 | Pedro Cateriano | 15 July 2020- 6 August 2020 |
| 9 | Vicente Zeballos | 30 September 2019- 15 July 2020 |
| 10 | Salvador del Solar | 11 March 2019- 30 September 2019 |
| 11 | César Villanueva | 2 April 2018- 8 March 2019 |
| 12 | Mercedes Aráoz Fernández | 17 September 2017 – 2 April 2018 |
| 13 | Fernando Zavala Lombardi | 28 July 2016 – 17 September 2017 |
| 14 | Pedro Cateriano | 2 April 2015 – 28 July 2016 |
| 15 | Ana Jara | 22 July 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
| 16 | René Cornejo | 24 February 2014 – 22 July 2014 |
| 17 | César Villanueva | 31 October 2013 – 24 February 2014 |
| 18 | Juan Jiménez Mayor | 23 July 2012 – 31 October 2013 |
| 19 | Oscar Valdés | 11 December 2011 – 23 July 2012 |
| 20 | Salomón Lerner Ghitis | 28 July 2011 – 10 December 2011 |
| 21 | Rosario Fernández | 19 March 2011 – 28 July 2011 |
| 22 | José Antonio Chang | 14 September 2010 – 19 March 2011 |
| 23 | Javier Velásquez Quesquén | 11 July 2009 – 14 September 2010 |
| 24 | Yehude Simon | 14 October 2008 – 11 July 2009 |
| 25 | Jorge del Castillo | 28 July 2006 – 14 October 2008 |
| 26 | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski | 16 August 2005 – 27 July 2006 |
| 27 | Carlos Ferrero | 15 December 2003 – 16 August 2005 |
| 28 | Beatriz Merino | 23 June 2003 – 15 December 2003 |
| 29 | Luis Solari De La Fuente | 12 July 2002 – 28 June 2003 |
| 30 | Roberto Dañino | 28 July 2001 – 12 July 2002 |
| 31 | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | 22 November 2000 – 28 July 2001 |
| 32 | Federico Salas | 28 July 2000 – 21 November 2000 |
| 33 | Alberto Bustamante | 10 October 1999 – 29 July 2000 |
| 34 | Víctor Joy Way | 3 January 1999 – 10 October 1999 |
| 35 | Alberto Pandolfi | 21 August 1998 – 3 January 1999 |
| 36 | Javier Valle Riestra | 4 June 1998 – 21 August 1998 |
| 37 | Alberto Pandolfi | 3 April 1996 – 4 June 1998 |
| 38 | Dante Córdova Blanco | 28 July 1995 – 3 April 1996 |
| 39 | Efraín Goldenberg | 17 February 1994 – 28 July 1995 |
| 40 | Alfonso Bustamante y Bustamante | 28 August 1993 – 17 February 1994 |
| 41 | Óscar de la Puente Raygada | 6 April 1992 – 28 August 1993 |
| 42 | Alfonso de los Heros Perez Alba | 6 November 1991 – 6 April 1992 |
| 43 | Carlos Torres y Torres Lara | 15 February 1991 – 6 November 1991 |
| 44 | Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller | 28 July 1990 – 15 February 1991 |
| 45 | Guillermo Larco Cox | 30 September 1989 – 28 July 1990 |
| 46 | Luis Alberto Sánchez | 15 May 1989 – 30 September 1989 |
| 47 | Armando Villanueva | 17 May 1988 – 15 May 1989 |
| 48 | Guillermo Larco Cox | 26 June 1987 – 17 May 1988 |
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