PERUVIAN PRESIDENT SWEARS IN TOP CABINET-Ernesto Alvarez has been sworn as Prime Minister and Head of the cabinet (EA)
Peruvian President Jose Jeri has sworn in the first members of his cabinet, sending the most concrete signals yet about how his governing tenure would unravel..
Jeri swore in Ernesto Alvarez, the former head of Peru’s Constitutional Court, as his prime minister and head of the cabinet. 64 year old Alvarez served as a magistrate between 2007 and 2014, and presided over the body in 2012.
Denisse Miralles, a former deputy economy minister with a market-friendly reputation, was sworn in as economy minister while Jeri tapped veteran diplomat Hugo de Zela, a former ambassador to the U.S., to be his foreign minister.
Vicente Tiburcio, a retired police general who led an anti-terrorism unit, was also sworn in as interior minister, the main cabinet role overseeing domestic security.
Jeri’s transition government is set to run through July 2026, with elections scheduled for April.
