{"id":500894,"date":"2026-02-24T20:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/denisse-miralles-becomes-the-first-minister-of-peru\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:56:40","slug":"denisse-miralles-becomes-the-first-minister-of-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/international\/denisse-miralles-becomes-the-first-minister-of-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Denisse Miralles becomes the first minister of Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lima.-<\/strong> Economist Denisse Miralles was sworn in this Tuesday as the new President of the Congress of Ministers of the Government<\/a> of transition of Peru, which is chaired by the leftist congressman Jos\u00e9 Balc\u00e1zar, despite the fact that it had been officially announced that this position was going to be occupied by the also economist and former presidential candidate Hernando de Soto.<\/p>\n\n\nBalc\u00e1zar swore in Miralles, who was Minister of Economy and Finance in the previous transition government of the right-wing Jos\u00e9 Jer\u00ed, amidst a flurry of rumors in the media and social networks about last-minute disagreements between the new ruler and De Soto regarding the formation of the ministerial cabinet.\n\nBefore local media pointed out that Miralles was finally going to replace De Soto, 84, the neoliberal economist had assured that he was going to take the position.\n\nThe Presidency of Peru had announced last Sunday that the economist was going to be the prime minister of the Government that must remain until next July 28, when the winner of the general elections next April will take office.\n\nHowever, in the ceremony held at the Government Palace, and without any official explanation having been offered so far, President Balc\u00e1zar confirmed the latest rumors by swearing in Miralles as his new chief of staff.\n\n\n

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We recommend reading:New interim president of Peru is cited as an accused in a corruption trial<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Balc\u00e1zar ratifies six ministers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn addition to the economist's continued leadership of the Council of Ministers, Balc\u00e1zar ratified six other ministers from Jer\u00ed's government in their positions, in the portfolios of Foreign Relations, Health, Labor, Production, Transportation and Communications, and Housing and Construction.\n\nFollowing the new prime minister, Balc\u00e1zar swore in and ratified diplomat Hugo de Zela as Minister of Foreign Affairs.\n\nIn Economics and Finance, economist Gerardo L\u00f3pez Gonz\u00e1lez was appointed, who until now was the deputy minister of that portfolio, and in the Ministry of Defense, retired Army General Luis Enrique Arroyo, who was previously head of the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci).\n\nAs Minister of the Interior, Balc\u00e1zar appointed retired General of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Hugo Begazo; as Minister of Justice and Human Rights, lawyer Luis Enrique Jim\u00e9nez; and as Minister of Education, Doctor of Psychology Manuel Castillo.\n\nIn Health, Dr. Luis Quiroz was ratified; in Agrarian Development and Irrigation, accountant Felipe Meza, who was the general secretary of that office, was ratified; and in Labor and Employment Promotion, lawyer \u00d3scar Fern\u00e1ndez was also ratified.\n\nIn Production, economist C\u00e9sar Quispe was ratified; in Foreign Trade and Tourism, lawyer Jos\u00e9 Reyes was appointed; in Energy and Mines, engineer Angelo Alfaro; in Transportation and Communications, economist Aldo Prieto was ratified; in Housing, Construction and Sanitation, lawyer Wilder Sifuentes was also ratified.\n\n\n
You can also read:President of Peru reaffirms stance that early sex helps women<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nAs Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, marketing and strategic communication expert Hary Gloria Yzarra was appointed; Nelly Paredes in Environment; and lawyer F\u00e1tima Soraya Altab\u00e1s in Culture, while psychologist Lily V\u00e1squez was appointed in Development and Social Inclusion.\n\n\n

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Lima.- Economist Denisse Miralles was sworn in this Tuesday as the new President of the Congress of Ministers of the Government of transition of Peru, which is chaired by the leftist congressman Jos\u00e9 Balc\u00e1zar, despite the fact that it had been officially announced that this position was going to be occupied by the also economist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[43401,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-500894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-international","7":"tag-denisse-miralles","8":"tag-peru"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500901,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500894\/revisions\/500901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}