2020 in Peru
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Events in the year 2020 in Peru.
Incumbents
- President:
- Martín Vizcarra
- Francisco Sagasti (from 17 November)
- Prime Minister:
- Vicente Zeballos (until 15 July)
- Pedro Cateriano (from 15 July)
- Walter Martos Ruiz (from 6 August)
- Violeta Bermúdez (from 18 November)
Events
Ongoing – The
2017–2021 Peruvian political crisis
January
- 26 January – Scheduled date for the 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election.
April
- 27 April – A prison riot at the Miguel Castro Castro prison in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima left nine inmates dead.[1]
August
- 22 August – 13 people are killed in a stampede when police raided at a nightclub in Los Olivos District.[2][3]
September
- 18 September – Impeachment hearings for President Martín Vizcarra begin.[4]
Deaths
January
- January 4 – Walter Ormeño, footballer (b. 1926).[5]
- January 9 – Pablo Macera, historian (b. 1929).[6]
- January 19 – Dante Frasnelli Tarter, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).[7]
March
- March 4 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, politician and diplomat (b. 1920).[8]
June
- June 1 – President of the Senate (b. 1927).[9]
- June 9 – Luis Repetto Málaga, museologist and cultural manager (b. 1953).[10]
July
- July 1 – Santiago Manuin Valera, Awajún leader and Indigenous rights activist (b. 1957).[11]
August
- August 10 – Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (b. 1935).[12]
- August 12 – Gian Carlo Vacchelli, sports commentator and politician (b. 1981).[13]
- August 14 – Moisés Mamani, politician (b. 1969).[14]
- August 24 – Jorge Sanjinez Lenz, military volunteer (b. 1917).[15]
- August 25 – Francisco Belaúnde, politician (b. 1923).[16]
September
- September 14 – Alicia Maguiña, singer and composer (b. 1938).[17]
December
- December 14 – Segundo Galicia Sánchez, professor and sociologist (b. 1938).[18]
See also
References
- ^ Aquino, Marco; Garrison, Cassandra (April 28, 2020). Bell, Alistair; Reese, Chris (eds.). "Death toll in Peru prison riot over coronavirus demands rises to nine". Reuters.
Nine inmates have died after a prison riot in Peru over demands for better sanitary measures and coronavirus medical care, the country's prison authority said on Tuesday
- ^ Moreno, Christian [@chrismoreno_sa] (August 23, 2020). "La #PNP confirmó que son 13 las personas que murieron al salir de discoteca en Los Olivos. Frente a la clínica están los cadáveres sobre camionetas. Los 120 asistentes al ver a los agentes quisieron escapar y provocó una estampida" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- BBC World. August 24, 2020.
- ^ CHRISTINE ARMARIO; FRANKLIN BRICEÑO (September 18, 2020). "Peru president faces impeachment vote amid pandemic turmoil". ABC News. AP. Retrieved Sep 18, 2020.
- ^ "Fallece Walter Ormeño, exfutbolista y director técnico de equipos mexicanos". heraldodemexico.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Pablo Macera: el último gran historiador". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Bishop Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. †". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Secretary-General on the death of former Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar". United Nations Secretary-General. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Javier Alva Orlandini, figura histórica de Acción Popular, falleció este lunes". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 2 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Luís (Lucho) Repetto Málaga (1953–2020)". International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Fallece líder awajún Santiago Manuin a causa de la COVID-19 en Chiclayo". rpp.pe (in Spanish). July 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Conferencia Episcopal Peruana expresa su pesar por el fallecimiento de Mons. Luis Sebastiani Aguirre, Arzobispo Emérito de Ayacucho". iglesia.org.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Excongresista de Fuerza Popular, Gian Carlo Vacchelli, falleció esta mañana". gestion.pe (in Spanish). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Política: Excongresista Moisés Mamani falleció por coronavirus en Lima". gestion.pe (in Spanish). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "A los 103 años muere Jorge Sanjinez, héroe peruano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial". Nacional (in Spanish). 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ "Francisco Belaunde, hermano del expresidente Fernando Belaunde, falleció a los 96 años". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "La música de duelo: falleció la gran Alicia Maguiña". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ Demos, Editorial; corresponsal, Irene Sánchez. "La Jornada – Fallece Segundo Galicia Sánchez catedrático de la UAS". www.jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-01.