Yehude Simon
Yehude Simon | |
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Lambayeque | |
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Born | Lima, Peru | 18 July 1947
Nationality | Peruvian |
Political party | Together for Peru (2017-present) Peruvian Humanist Party (2001–2017) |
Other political affiliations | Union for Peru (2002-2006) United Left (1983-1990) |
Spouse | Nancy Valcárcel |
Alma mater | Pedro Ruiz Gallo State University (BA) |
Yehude Simon Munaro (born 18 July 1947) is a Peruvian politician, who served as
Early life and education
Born in
Political career
Early political career
Yehude Simon began his political career in 1983, when he ran for the post of
In 1991, he founded the Free Patriotic Movement, who was accused of being the legal wing of the MRTA (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) rebel movement, famous for the 1996-97 Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima. On 5 April 1992, Simon was in Europe, participating in conferences. Upon learning of the breakdown of the constitutional President Alberto Fujimori he returned to Peru and decided to participate in the protest against the closure of the Congress of Peru.
Arrest and imprisonment
On June 11, 1992, he was arrested along with other leaders of Patria Libre, and accused of subversion. Later that year he was sentenced by the judiciary to 20 years of imprisonment for the crime of "glorification of terrorism." During his eight and a half years in prison, human rights organizations,
Post-imprisonment: Governor of Lambayeque
In the 2002 regional elections, Yehude Simon ran for president of the Lambayeque Regional Government and electorally defeated the Peruvian Aprista Party candidate Luis Falla, which is considered one of the most popular political parties in northern Peru. In his first four years of his regional presidency, the government carried out works focused mainly on the rural sector, among which the most notorious is the tender for the construction of the Olmos Project.
In December 2005, the Decentralist Concertation Alliance was signed between the Peruvian Humanist Movement, the Party for Social Democracy - Peru Commitment, Ayllu Self-Government and other regionalist organizations. The presidential formula was headed by Susana Villarán and she participated unsuccessfully in the presidential elections.
In the regional elections of 2006, which were held on the third Sunday of the month of November of that year; Yehude Simon ran and won the elections again, defeating the Peruvian Aprista Party (for the second time) and the Independent Solidarity Friendship Movement.
Since July 2008 he has been the president of the moderate center-left Peruvian Humanist Party.
Prime Minister of Peru
On October 14, 2008, Simon was sworn in as
Resignation
In June 2009, Simon announced that he would resign as prime minister "in the coming weeks", following violence over the land rights of Amazon Indians.[8] He resigned on July 10, 2009 and was replaced on July 11, 2009 by Javier Velásquez Quesquén.
Simon went on to apologize to the indigenous people, acknowledging the government had not properly consulted with the Amazon Indians prior to passing ten controversial laws, designed to ease foreign companies in the exploration of the
Congressman (2011–2016)
In the
Arrest
On January 24, 2020, Simón was preliminarily detained for 10 days for having accepted bribes from Odebrecht in the Olmos Project. He was sentenced to house arrest for 36 months.[12][13][14]
References
Article drawn primarily from Spanish-language Wikipedia entry of same name
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- ^ "Perfil de Yehude Simon Munaro | El Comercio Perú". archivo.elcomercio.pe. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ a b "Simon acepta ser nuevo jefe de gabinete". Con Nuestro Peru. 11 October 2008.
- ^ a b "Peru's ailing President makes Jewish-Italian former radical PM". Haaretz. 20 October 2008.
- ^ a b Peru's president appoints new PM BBC News, 12 October 2008
- ^ a b "Peru's Garcia swears in new ministers amid scandal (update2)". Bloomberg. 20 October 2008.
- ^ Peru: Prime Minister to Step Down, The New York Times, 16 June 2009
- ^ Adams, Guy (17 June 2009). "Peru's premier quits after protests end in bloodshed". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07.
- ^ "Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/17/yehude-simon-peru-resign%7C access date 17 July 2009
- ^ Huamaní, Diana (2012-02-01). "Yehude Simon admite error al votar en contra de informe en caso Chehade". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ LR, Redacción (2020-07-03). "Odebrecht: Poder Judicial dicta 36 meses de arresto domiciliario contra Yehude Simon". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2020-07-03). "Odebrecht: Poder Judicial dicta 36 meses de arresto domiciliario contra Yehude Simon nndc | POLITICA". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2020-06-23). "Yehude Simon: Fiscalía pide arresto domiciliario para exgobernador de Lambayeque | Fiscalía | | POLITICA". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-08.