1. Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler is a Peruvian engineer, academic, politician, and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021.
23 Facts About Francisco Sagasti
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Originally slated to run for the Second Vice Presidency with the Purple Party ticket for 2021 Peruvian general election, Francisco Sagasti quit the ticket in order to commit to his duties as President.
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Francisco Sagasti's government coincided with the development of social conflicts such as the agrarian strike in Ica, Piura, La Libertad and Apurimac, which were resolved after the repeal of the so-called "Chlimper Law" that promoted investment in agriculture through meager labor benefits for workers from the field.
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Francisco Sagasti was born in Lima, Peru, son of Francisco Sagasti Miller and Elsa Hochhausler Reinisch.
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Francisco Sagasti is the grandson of the national hero Francisco Sagasti Saldana, victor of the Battle of Tarapaca.
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Francisco Sagasti enrolled in the National University of Engineering, where he graduated with a degree in industrial engineering.
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Francisco Sagasti attained a Master's degree in industrial engineering at Pennsylvania State University, and completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in operational research and social systems science at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Francisco Sagasti was appointed as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Technological, Industrial Research and Technical Standards of Peru from 1972 to 1977.
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Francisco Sagasti was an advisor to the Minister of Industry, Rear Admiral AP Alberto Jimenez de Lucio, during the revolutionary government of the Armed Forces, during which time as an advisor, he contributed to industrialization and technology matters.
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In 1992, Francisco Sagasti resigned from his position at the World Bank and returned to Peru following the 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis.
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Francisco Sagasti formed the Agenda Peru think tank to formulate plans on how to strengthen democratic norms and deter further political violence in Peru.
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Francisco Sagasti, upon being released, brought with him a diary of the events with the signatures of MRTA members.
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Since the founding of the Purple Party in October 2016, Francisco Sagasti helped found and served as the ideological leader of the party.
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Francisco Sagasti was elected into the Congress of the Republic of Peru during the 2020 Peruvian snap parliamentary election, assuming office on 16 March 2020.
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On 16 November 2020, Francisco Sagasti was elected by the legislature to be the new President of Congress.
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Support for Francisco Sagasti's presidency was expressed by Chile, the European Union, United Kingdom and the United States.
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Francisco Sagasti attempted to reform the leadership of the National Police due to their use of violence during protests, removing Commander General Orlando Velasco from leading the National Police.
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Five days later Vargas' successor Cluber Aliaga would resign in disagreement with Francisco Sagasti, defending the use of force by police saying that protesters initiated violence.
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Francisco Sagasti was eligible to seek election for a full term, however the Purple Party nominated Julio Guzman as their candidate for the 2021 Peruvian general election, with Francisco Sagasti on the ticket as Second Vice President.
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Francisco Sagasti's government set the containment of the COVID-19 Pandemic as axes, for which it managed the purchase of 48 million vaccines from different laboratories; and the holding of the General Elections of 2021, whose schedule has been met as planned.
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Francisco Sagasti's government coincided with the development of social conflicts such as the agrarian strike in Ica, Piura and La Libertad and Apurimac, which were resolved after the repeal of the so-called "Chlimper Law" that promoted investment in agriculture through meager labor benefits for workers from the field.
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Francisco Sagasti married Costa Rican economist Silvia Charpentier Brenes in 1993, who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica for the National Liberation Party during their marriage and who would later become the director of the Central Bank of Costa Rica.
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Francisco Sagasti acquired Costa Rican citizenship through his marriage to Charpentier in 2008.