By Baron Henri Estramant.
28 July 2016, Lima, Republic of Peru: HE President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was inaugurated as Head of the Peruvian State and the Supreme Commander of the Peruvian Armed Forces.
He was the candidate of the party he founded in 2014, namely Peruanos por el Kambio (Peruvians for Change). The intentional spelling “Kambio” au lieu of “Cambio” (“change” in Spanish) was meant to make the party hold the same initials as its leader.
Kuczynski won 21 % of the popular vote in Peru’s general elections on April 10 to qualify for a runoff wherein he triumphed with 50,12 % of the cast ballots.
At the age of 23 Kuczynski was hired by the World Bank. Later, however, he returned to Peru to work for the country’s central bank. In 1980, he was named energy and mining minister by then President Fernando Belaund. Likewise he served as economy and mining minister twice, from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2004 to 2005.
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is a centre-right politician who believes in the free market. He aspires to create a more equal society and fight against corruption. On the international stage, he wishes to improve relations with neighbouring Chile, which have at times been tense owing to a dispute over their maritime borders.
The country has two missions in the Benelux countries: one accredited to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg with seat in Brussels and led by HE Ambassador Cristina Ronquillo de Blödorn. In The Netherlands there is one mission accredited to the latter country as well as to the OPCW and headed by HE Ambassador Carlos Herrera Rodríguez.
For further information:
Presidency of the Republic of Peru: http://www.presidencia.gob.pe
Peruanos por el Kambio: http://ppk.pe
