Pedro Cateriano

Pedro Álvaro Cateriano Bellido (born 26 June 1958) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician, who was Prime Minister of Peru from 2 April 2015 to 28 July 2016. He was previously the Minister of Defense from July 2012 to April 2015.

Pedro Cateriano Bellido
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
2 April 2015 – 28 July 2016
PresidentOllanta Humala
Preceded byAna Jara
Succeeded byFernando Zavala
Minister of Defense
In office
24 July 2012 – 2 April 2015
PresidentOllanta Humala
Prime MinisterJuan Jiménez Mayor
César Villanueva
René Cornejo
Ana Jara
Preceded byJosé Antonio Urquizo
Succeeded byJakke Valakivi
Deputy Minister of Justice
In office
31 July 2001 – 21 June 2002
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterRoberto Dañino
MinisterFernando Olivera
Preceded byJuan Jiménez Mayor
Succeeded byAlfredo Antonio Solf Montalve
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
26 July 1990 – 5 April 1992
ConstituencyLima
Personal details
Born (1958-06-26) 26 June 1958
Lima, Peru
Political partyNationalist Party
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Peru
Complutense University

Career

Cateriano is a lawyer by profession and specialized in constitutional law.[1] From 1990 to 1992 he was a member of the Peruvian parliament.[1] He served as deputy justice minister from 2001 to 2002.[1] He was named as the Organization of American States (OAS) election observer in Guatemala in 2007 and as the agent of Peru to the Inter-Human Rights (IACHR) in the Chavin case.[1] In addition, he teaches law at the University of Lima.[1]

He was appointed defense minister on 24 July 2012 to the cabinet led by Juan Jiménez.[2][3] Cateriano replaced Jose Urquizo Maggia in the post.[1]

Prime Minister

In April 2015 President Ollanta Humala appointed Cateriano as Prime Minister after his predecessor, Ana Jara was censured for spying against lawmakers, reporters, business leaders and other citizens.[4][5] As part of the presidential transition from Humala to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Cateriano resigned as Prime Minister on 28 July 2016.

References
  1. "Peru; New Defense Minister takes office". Defense Market Intelligence. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. "Peru appoints new cabinet in political shake-up". The Telegraph. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. "July 2012". Rulers. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. "Peru sacks PM over alleged domestic spying". MSN. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. Robert Kozak (2 April 2015). "Peru's President Humala Names Pedro Cateriano as Prime Minister". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Jose Urquizo Maggia		 Minister of Defense
2012–2015		 Succeeded by
Jakke Valakivi
Preceded by
Ana Jara		 Prime Minister of Peru
2015–2016		 Succeeded by
Fernando Zavala
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