Dina Boluarte

Dina Boluarte

Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdina erˈsilja βoˈlwarte seˈɣara] (listen); born 31 May 1962) is a Peruvian politician, civil servant, and lawyer currently serving as the President of Peru since 7 December 2022. She had served as the first vice president and minister at the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion under President Pedro Castillo. Before then, she served as an officer at the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) from 2007 until 2022. With Boluarte assuming the presidency as the sole vice president, President of Congress José Williams is next in the line of succession. Boluarte is the first woman to become President of Peru. She was sworn in following a failed self-coup d'etat by President Pedro Castillo which resulted in his impeachment, ousting, and arrest. Her presidency comes during a period of political turmoil in Peru that began in 2017, as she is the sixth president in five years.During her first few days as president, pro-Castillo protests emerged across Peru, during which authorities perpetrated the Ayacucho massacre and Juliaca massacre. Attorney General of Peru Patricia Benavides announced investigations on 10 January 2023 to determine if Boluarte, Prime Minister Alberto Otárola, Minister of the Interior Víctor Rojas, and Minister of Defense Jorge Chávez committed genocide and aggravated homicide.Boluarte created a coalition with the right-wing Congress of Peru, which had lost but not conceded the 2021 Peruvian general election, and the Peruvian Armed Forces, leading political scientist Daniel Encinas to raise concerns about a civilian-military government forming.

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