Carlos Gamarra Ugaz
Carlos Gamarra Ugaz | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Peru | |
| In office 22 July 2004 – 25 February 2005 | |
| President | Alejandro Toledo |
| Prime Minister | Carlos Ferrero |
| Preceded by | Baldo Kresalja |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Salhuana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peru |
| Political party | Independent Moralizing Front |
Carlos Gamarra Ugaz is a Peruvian politician and attorney. He served as the Minister of Justice of Peru from 2006 to 2008. Prior to his ministership, he was a prominent defense attorney in Lima. He later retired after his justice ministership.
Biography
[edit]He was president of the Commission for the Formalization of Informal Property (COFOPRI); head of the National Superintendence of Public Registries (SUNARP); and president of the Council of Notaries, between 2001 and 2005.[1][2]
He has also been head of the National Institute of Concessions and Mining Cadastre (INACC); member of the Mining Registry Advisory Commission, Institutional Head of the Public Mining Registry; Director of Petróleos del Perú, Director of the Banco Minero del Perú; Director and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Geological Mining Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET); Director of the Board of Directors of the Scientific, Technological and Mining Institute; member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI); and vice president and director of the Development Corporation of Lima and Callao (CORDELICA).[1]
In the private sphere, he has been president of the National Institute of Law, Mining and Petroleum; and executive director of the Instituto del Ciudadano.[1]
In the 1990s he was the national secretary for the organization of the Liberty Movement, led by Mario Vargas Llosa.[1]
On July 22, 2004, he was sworn in as Minister of Justice, replacing the resigning Baldo Kresalja, thus forming part of the ministerial cabinet chaired by Carlos Ferrero.[3] In February 2005 he resigned and was replaced by Eduardo Salhuana Cavides.[4] Three other ministers resigned with him, in a ministerial change that the government considered necessary while already in the last stretch of his administration.[5]
He is currently the main partner at CDGM Consultores y Asesores S.A.C.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Carlos Gamarra Ugaz" (in Spanish). CDGM Consultores. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "También designan a Carlos Gamarra nuevo jefe de los Registros Públicos" (in Spanish). Lima: La República. 9 August 2001. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Carlos Gamarra Ugaz es el nuevo ministro de Justicia" (in Spanish). RPP Noticias. 23 July 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Aceptan renuncia de ministro de Justicia / Resolución Suprema Nº 049-2005-PCM" (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Peruano de Información Jurídica. 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Temblor en Palacio: Toledo cambia a cuatro ministros" (in Spanish). Lima: La República. 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2020.