Jorge Del Castillo

Jorge del Castillo
Prime Minister of Peru
In office 28 July 2006 – 14 October 2008
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Succeeded by	Yehude Simon
Personal details
Born	2 July 1950 (1950-07-02) Lima, Peru
Political party	APRA
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. He was the Prime Minister of Peru. 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.

Education

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.

Politics

Del Castillo served as mayor of Barranco Ward, Lima from 1984 to 1986. In 1985 he was appointed by Aprista President Alan García as prefect (appointed state governor) of Lima. In 1987 he was elected as mayor of Metropolitan Lima County running as a member of the Peruvian Aprista Party and served as mayor until 1989. In 1992, when President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the opposition controlled Congress, Del Castillo helped APRA leader Alan García find refuge in Colombia.

Del Castillo did not return to politics until 1995 when he was elected to Congress representing Lima. He won re-election to Congress in 2000, 2001, and 2006. In 1999, he became the Secretary-General of the APRA and was confirmed to the position in 2004. He represents the APRA before the Organization of American States.

His cabinet resigned on 10 October 2008 following an oil scandal.

See also

• 2008 Peru oil scandal

External links

• Official Congress Profile Congress of the Republic of Peru
• Peruvian Aprista Party Official Site

Political offices
Preceded by Pedro Pablo Kuczynski	Prime Minister of Peru 2006–2008	Succeeded by Yehude Simon
Preceded by Alfonso Barrantes	Mayor of Lima 1987 – 1989	Succeeded by Ricardo Belmont
Preceded by Armando Villanueva	President of the Peruvian Aprista Party 1992-2001	Succeeded by Alan García
Preceded by Mauricio Mulder	Secretary general of the Peruvian Aprista Party 1999-2004	Succeeded by Mauricio Mulder
Preceded by Mauricio Mulder	Secretary general of the Peruvian Aprista Party 2010-Present	Succeeded by Incumbent