Former Peruvian Foreign Minister back in office
Saturday, August 21st 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Maurtúa was involved in the extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori from Chile to Peru
Peruvian former Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua has been appointed again for the job to replace Héctor Béjar, who resigned earlier this week after just 19 days in office.
Maúrtua, who had held the same position between 2005 and 2006 under President Alejandro Toledo, took his new oath of office Friday before President Pedro Castillo, following the untimely resignation of the 85-year-old Béjar.
The sociology scholar and former leftist guerrilla were on the brink of congressional censorship after stating that the first acts of terrorism in Peru had been carried out by the Navy.
The appointment of Maúrtua, 74, comes less than a week after the new Castillo government, harshly questioned by the opposition, has announced it would request a parliamentary vote of confidence, which is scheduled for August 26.
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https://en.mercopress.com/2021/08/21/former-peruvian-foreign-minister-back-in-office