1. Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas was born on 10 May 1963 and is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from September 2019 to July 2020, under President Martin Vizcarra's administration.
23 Facts About Vicente Zeballos
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Vicente Zeballos was reelected in 2016, running this time as an independent within Peruvians for Change.
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Vicente Zeballos left the parliamentary caucus in December 2017, in protest to the pardon granted to former president Alberto Fujimori by the leader of the party and then-President of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
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In Martin Vizcarra's administration, Vicente Zeballos was appointed Minister of Justice and Human Rights, serving in the position until his appointment as Prime Minister after Salvador del Solar's resignation due to the denied confidence given by Congress, prompting its constitutional dissolution.
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Vicente Zeballos's tenure was marked by controversy and subject of extensive media scrutiny regarding his management skills, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.
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Vicente Zeballos was succeeded in office by former Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano on July 15,2020.
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Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas was born on May 10,1963, in Tacna, Peru, but was raised in the city of Moquegua.
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Vicente Zeballos completed his high school education at the Simon Bolivar School of Moquegua.
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Vicente Zeballos enrolled in the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University, where he studied law and political science, attaining a law degree.
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Vicente Zeballos specialized in constitutional law at the Center for Constitutional Studies in Madrid, Spain.
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Vicente Zeballos pursued a PhD in constitutional law at the Complutense University of Madrid, but did not complete the degree.
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Vicente Zeballos has dedicated himself to university teaching at the Private University of Tacna.
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Vicente Zeballos started his political career by running for a seat in the Peruvian Congress in the 2001 elections with the Union for Peru party representing the Moquegua constituency.
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Vicente Zeballos ran for reelection in 2006 and 2010, but was not re-elected.
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Vicente Zeballos ran for the Presidency of the Congress in 2015, losing to opposition congressman Luis Iberico Nunez.
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On September 2,2019, Vicente Zeballos attended Congress to answer the questions of the interpellation statement.
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On September 30,2019, Vicente Zeballos was sworn as the new Prime Minister of Peru, succeeding Salvador del Solar, following the disputed attempt by Congress passing a no-confidence motion against the latter and his cabinet as a whole.
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On October 30,2019, Vicente Zeballos presented, together with president Vizcarra, the main policies that his administration would advance in the following months: universal access to health services, an increase in the national minimum wage, fighting against violence against women, promoting public safety and education, and constructing two large airports.
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Vicente Zeballos told the press that it is not appropriate to quote him based on article 130, as this cabinet "pre-exists" the new Congress.
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Vicente Zeballos indicated that he should only be called in application of 135 and criticized that a face-to-face session be held amid isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.
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On May 28,2020, Vicente Zeballos went to request the vote of confidence with his cabinet.
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Vicente Zeballos obtained 89 votes in favor, 35 against, and 4 abstentions.
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On October 21,2019, Vicente Zeballos referred to the possible candidacies of legislators from the recently dissolved congress, questioning whether they should be able to participate in the 2020 congressional elections, referring to the constitutional referendum of 2018 where the immediate re-election of parliamentarians had been specifically addressed.