Jorge del Castillo
| Jorge del Castillo | |
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| Political Secretary General of the Peruvian Aprista Party | |
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Assumed office 16 March 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Vacant |
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In office December 1999 – July 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Alva Castro |
| Succeeded by | None (Mauricio Mulder held both offices until 2010 as Institutional SG) |
| Member of Congress | |
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Assumed office 26 July 2016 |
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| Constituency | Lima |
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In office 26 July 1995 – 26 July 2011 |
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| Constituency | Lima |
| Prime Minister of Peru | |
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In office 28 July 2006 – 14 October 2008 |
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| President | Alan García |
| Preceded by | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
| Succeeded by | Yehude Simon |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 26 July 1990 – 5 April 1992 |
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| Constituency | Lima |
| Mayor of Lima | |
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In office 1 January 1987 – 31 December 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Alfonso Barrantes |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Belmont |
| Mayor of Barranco | |
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In office 1 January 1984 – 31 December 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Nicomedes Montalván Prado |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Allemant Centeno |
| District Councilman of Barranco | |
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In office 1 January 1981 – 31 December 1983 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 July 1950 Lima, Peru |
| Political party | Peruvian Aprista Party |
| Alma mater |
National University of San Marcos Pontifical Catholic University of Peru |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jorge Alfonso Alejandro del Castillo Gálvez (born July 2, 1950) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who was Prime Minister of Peru from 2006 to 2008. He is also a member and current Secretary-General of the Peruvian Aprista Party. In his career, he has served in the now abolished Peruvian Chamber of Deputies, in the Peruvian Congress of the Republic, and as mayor of Lima and Barranco.
Born at Lima, Jorge Del Castillo studied law at the National University of San Marcos from 1968 to 1974. Between 1993 and 1994 Del Castillo studied Constitutional Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He holds a degree
A prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, Del Castillo was elected for public office as Councilman of the District of Barranco in 1981. In 1984, he was elected Mayor of the same district. He held the position until 1985, when President Alan García appointed him Prefect (appointed department governor) of Lima. He rose to political prominence after being elected Mayor of Lima in 1987, defeating various popular candidates such as former christian democrat Mayor from the 1960s, Luis Bedoya Reyes and current marxist Mayor Alfonso Barrantes Lingán. As Mayor, he did very little in the case of infrastructure and rehabilitation of roads, although he claimed that he couldn't do much because of the rise of terrorism.
In 1990, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, serving until 1992, when President Alberto Fujimori dissolved Congress. During his short term in Congress, he defended APRA leader Alan García from the accusations against him involving corruption and unjust enrichment. After his ousting as a Deputy, he helped García escape from Peru and find refuge in Colombia. With García in exile, Del Castillo became one of the most respected leaders of the Party, and was elected Secretary General in 1999.
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