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Fernando Zavala Lombardi

Fernando Zavala Lombardi
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Prime Minister of Peru
Assumed office
28 July 2016
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Preceded by Pedro Cateriano
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
16 August 2005 – 27 July 2006
Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Preceded by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Succeeded by Luis Carranza
Personal details
Born (1971-02-16) 16 February 1971 (age 46)
Tacna, Peru
Political party Independent
Alma mater University of the Pacific

Fernando Martín Zavala Lombardi (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando mar'tin saˈβala lomˈbaɾði]; born 16 February 1971) is the Prime Minister of Peru, in office since July 28, 2016. Previously he was the President of Backus and Johnston, a subsidiary of SABMiller. From 2005 to 2006 he was Minister of Economy and Finance.

Zavala studied economics at the University of the Pacific and obtained a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Piura. He also studied for an MBA at the University of Birmingham in England. He was assistant manager of Samtronics Peru. He was also Chief Financial Officer of Apoyo S.A. (Now Ipsos Perú S.A.), a consultant and pollster.

In 1995 he became the Chief Executive Officer of Peru's National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), a position he held until 2000. He was Peru's Minister of Economy and Finance under President Alejandro Toledo and Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from 2005 to 2006.

In 2006 he left the government and began working at Backus and Johnston as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Relations. After three years in office, he was named the president of National Brewery – SABMiller Panamá. In November 2013 he returned to Peru as President of Backus and Johnston.

In 2016, he was elected the Prime Minister of Peru.

Zavala has been a member of the Boards of Directors of Interbank, Alicorp, inmobiliaria IDE, Cerveceria San Juan, Banco Falabella, and Enersur.


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