Óscar Valdés
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Óscar Eduardo Valdés Dancuard (born April 3, 1949 in San Isidro ( Lima )) is a Peruvian military and politician. From July 2011 he was Peruvian Interior Minister and from December 2011 to July 2012 Prime Minister .
Life
In the 1980s Valdés was a lecturer at the Military Academy of Lima, where he also supervised the later President Humala as a student. Before his political career he worked as a manager.
On July 28, 2011, he became his country's interior minister. On December 10th of the same year, President Ollanta Humala appointed him as the new Prime Minister in place of the resigned Salomón Lerner Ghitis . On July 23, 2012, Valdés was recalled as Prime Minister after protests against several mining projects under his responsibility were violently ended. The biggest conflict was about the start of construction of the Newmont Mining Corporation's Conga gold mine in the Cajamarca region , and another about a mining license from Xtrata in Espinar in the Cusco region . Valdés' successor is Juan Jiménez Mayor .
Valdés spoke out against negotiations with the guerrilla organization Sendero Luminoso .
Web links
- Peru's new prime minister is Oscar Valdés , article on infoamazonas.de
- CV on the website of the National Electoral Commission. Retrieved December 11, 2011 (Spanish).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Gerhard Dilger: Cabinet falls over mining conflict. In: the daily newspaper . December 12, 2011, accessed December 13, 2011 .
- ↑ Peru gets new government N-TV, July 24, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valdés, Óscar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valdés Dancuard, Oscar Eduardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian military and politicians |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Isidro, Lima |