Carlos Basombrío Iglesias
Carlos Basombrío Iglesias | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 28 July 2016 – 22 December 2017 | |
President | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski |
Prime Minister | Fernando Zavala Mercedes Aráoz |
Preceded by | José Luis Pérez Guadalupe |
Succeeded by | Vicente Romero Fernández |
Deputy Minister of the Interior | |
In office 25 July 2002 – 27 January 2003 | |
President | Alejandro Toledo |
Prime Minister | Luis Solari |
Minister | Gino Costa |
Preceded by | Gino Costa |
Succeeded by | Roberto Vásquez de Velasco |
Personal details | |
Born | Sociologist Journalist | 31 August 1957
Carlos Miguel Ramón Basombrío Iglesias (born 31 August 1957) is a
Early life and education
Carlos Basombrío was born in
His great-uncle, the engineer Enrique Basombrío Echenique, was
Basombrío finished his high school education at the Sacred Hearts Recoleta School. Upon graduation, he was admitted to the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sociology.[3]
Career
Basombrío has been a researcher and consultant on issues involving citizen security and social conflicts in Peru and in other countries.
Presidency of Alejandro Toledo
During the presidency of Alejandro Toledo, he was appointed to the Ministry of the Interior of Peru (2001–2004) as head of the Cabinet of Advisers to minister Fernando Rospigliosi, and as Deputy Minister of the Interior. He was also coordinator of the Commission of Restructuring of the National Police of Peru and member of the Police Modernization Commission.[6]
He has also ventured into journalism as Defender of the Reader in the newspaper Perú.21, and as a political analyst.
Presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
On 15 July 2016, President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced his appointment as his first Minister of the Interior.[7] He was sworn in on 28 July 2016, on inauguration day.[8]
On 3 November 2016, he presented the achievements made during the first hundred days of his administration in terms of citizen security: 25 police mega-operations in various regions of the country that dismantled 18 criminal organizations, 695 dangerous criminal fugitives from justice included in the program of rewards (Que They Take Care), the initiation of the Barrio Seguro project (Pa 'Barrio yo) in areas of higher crime rates and more than 900 vehicles carrying out integrated patrols, in coordination with the national police and serenazgo.[9]
One of the first severe criticisms he received was as a result of the Larcomar fire, where four people died, an occasion in which the possibility that it was a fact slipped, even going so far as to show a video where a person to whom he was presenting was seen as the alleged perpetrator, which was denied days later.[10]
Faced with questions about his ministerial work and the threat of an interpellation in Congress promoted by the opposition led by Popular Force, president Kuczynski gave his full support to Basombrío, affirming that much progress had been made in matters of citizen security, and that in the National Police there was a new spirit of support.[11] Another question was the authorization of the march of the Movadef militants (Shining Path front organization), who marched on 2017 Labor Day carrying portraits of the leaders whose release they demanded, which for some would make the crime of apology for terrorism, while the police apparently dedicated themselves to giving them security.[12]
On 8 June 2017, the motion for interpellation was presented to the Minister, with a list of 39 questions prepared by the benches of
On late December 2017, in the midst of the political crisis propelled by
Published works
Basombrío's is the author of several books and essays on human rights, democracy, militarism, civil-military relations, citizen security, among other topics:[18]
- Crime and citizen insecurity. Lima and other cities in Peru compared to Latin America (Instituto de Defensa Legal, Lima, 2007)
- Security and its institutions in Peru at the beginning of the XXI century. Democratic reforms or neo-militarism (Institute of Peruvian Studies, Lima, 2006), in co-authorship with Fernando Rospigliosi.
- The military and politics in the Andean Region (Interamerican Dialogue, Washington D.C, 2006)
- Citizen security. Diagnosis of the problem and solution strategies (Peruvian Institute of Social Market Economy and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Lima, 2005)
- Civil society activists and intellectuals in the public service in Latin America (Institute of Peruvian Studies, Lima, 2005)
- Perceptions and victimization, society's response and State action. Evolution of public opinion trends in Metropolitan Lima 2001–2005 (Institute of Legal Defense, Lima, 2005)
- Civil leadership in the Ministry of the Interior. Evidence of an experience of police reform and democratic security management in Peru (Institute of Peruvian Studies, Lima, 2004), in co-authorship with Gino Costa.
References
- ^ "Family tree of Carlos Miguel Ramon Basombrio Iglesias".
- ^ ""Te censuro por quítame esta paja": Historias de censura [CRÓNICA] | POLITICA". 28 May 2017.
- ^ "¿Quién es Carlos Basombrío, el primer ministro del Interior de PPK?". 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Los CV de los integrantes del primer Gabinete Ministerial de PPK". 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Carlos Basombrío Iglesias | Wilson Center".
- ^ "¿Quién es Carlos Basombrío, el primer ministro del Interior de PPK?". 16 July 2016.
- ^ "PPK: estos son los miembros de su primer Gabinete Ministerial | Gobierno | Política | El Comercio Peru". elcomercio.pe. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016.
- ^ "PPK: Lo que no viste de la toma de juramento de sus ministros". 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Ministerio del Interior presentó logros y avances en los primeros 100 días".
- ^ "Carlos Basombrío defendió la difusión de video por parte del Mininter | POLITICA". 2 December 2016.
- ^ "PPK: "Basombrío y su equipo se han fajado, hemos progresado muchísimo" | POLITICA". 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Movadef marchó durante el Primero de Mayo en apoyo a Sendero Luminoso". 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Presentan moción de interpelación contra ministro Carlos Basombrío | POLITICA". 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Basombrío en el Congreso: Así respondió a interpelación y recibió estas críticas [FRASES] | POLITICA". 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Basombrío: Su exposición ante el Congreso en 5 claves | POLITICA". 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Basombrío expuso el balance de su gestión antes de irse [VIDEO] | POLITICA". 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Vicente Romero juró como nuevo ministro del Interior [VIDEO] | POLITICA". 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Basombrío Iglesias | Wilson Center".