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21 Facts About Carlos Ferrero

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Carlos Ernesto Fernando Ferrero Costa was a Peruvian politician who served as congressman as a member of Peru Posible representing Lima from 1995 until 2006 and served as the President of the Congress from late-2000 until 2003.

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Carlos Ferrero was the Prime Minister of Peru from December 2003 until his resignation in August 2005.

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Carlos Ferrero's predecessor was Beatriz Merino, who resigned on 15 October 2003 at the request of President Alejandro Toledo.

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Son of the agronomist Alfredo Ferrero Rebagliati and Adelina Costa Elice, he was born in Lima in 1941, a few days later his family moved to Pisco, Ica.

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Carlos Ferrero returned to Lima, where he completed his initial studies at the Immaculate Heart School, and then finished high school at the Santa Maria Marianistas School.

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Carlos Ferrero studied at the Center for Higher Military Studies.

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Carlos Ferrero's brother was Eduardo Ferrero Costa who is the former Ambassador in the United States.

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Carlos Ferrero practiced radio journalism on Radio Miraflores as a political commentator.

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Carlos Ferrero worked at the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.

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Carlos Ferrero entered the Department of Economic Studies and followed training at the International Monetary Fund in Analysis and Financial Policy.

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Carlos Ferrero then went on to work for the General Secretariat of the BCR.

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Carlos Ferrero was administrative manager of the BCR and president of the Peruvian part of the Puyango-Tumbes Binational Commission.

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Carlos Ferrero went on to the bank's legal department until he resigned in 1982.

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Carlos Ferrero was a professor of law at the universities: Femenina del Sagrado Corazon, Catolica, Ricardo Palma, San Martin de Porres, San Marcos and Lima, as well as the Diplomatic Academy of Peru.

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Carlos Ferrero lost the election, and Paniagua claimed his position as Interim President of Peru.

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Carlos Ferrero addressed the congressmen and announced that the government would meet the growing social demands and that it would follow the lines that the Toledo government proposed since July 2001: improving institutions, reducing poverty, strengthening trade and the economy, reform and modernization of the State and fight against corruption.

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Carlos Ferrero emphasized the reform of the State to combat corruption, the realignment of public resources.

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Carlos Ferrero announced the proposal to modify the Organic Law of the Executive Power, the draft Framework Law of Public Employment, the Law of incompatibilities and prohibitions for the exercise of public function, the law of the Public Employment Remuneration System.

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Carlos Ferrero announced that they would promote the simplification of procedures, decentralization, private investment, education, social programs, among others.

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Carlos Ferrero resigned abruptly on 11 August 2005, when president Alejandro Toledo appointed Fernando Olivera as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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Carlos Ferrero failed to attain re-election in the 2006 elections.