Dina Boluarte becomes Peru's first female president [View all]
Dina Boluarte was virtually unknown on the Peruvian political scene a year and a half ago, when she rode into office in July 2021 as Pedro Castillo's vice-president.
But on Wednesday she made history -becoming Peru's first female president after Castillo was ousted from office amid an attempt to avoid an impeachment vote by dissolving Congress and ruling by decree.
A 60-year-old lawyer and mother, Boluarte became one of the Castillo government's best-known faces due to her position as Development and Social Inclusion Minister, a post she held simultaneously with the vice presidency up until two weeks ago.
Castillo, 53, who after being removed from office on Wednesday was detained on charges of rebellion, had sidelined Boluarte from his latest cabinet reshuffle - the fifth of his short presidency.
At: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/dina-boluarte-perus-first-female-president.phtml
Perú's new President, Dina Boluarte, speaks to the nation's Congress upon being inaugurated yesterday.
Elected Vice President on a left-wing ticket led by Pedro Castillo, who was ousted after ordering Congress dissolved following his impeachment, Boluarte is the sixth president in as many years in the troubled South American nation of 34 million.
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