Events in the year 2020 in

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Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

: **

Martín Vizcarra Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo (; born 22 March 1963) is a Peruvian engineer and politician who served as President of Peru from 2018 to 2020. Vizcarra previously served as Governor of the Department of Moquegua (2011–2014), First Vice Pre ...

Francisco Sagasti Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler OSP ( (); born 10 October 1944) is a Peruvian engineer, academic, and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021. Sagasti has worked as an advisor for economic development at ...

(from 17 November) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

: ** Vicente Zeballos (until 15 July) **

Pedro Cateriano Pedro Álvaro Cateriano Bellido (born 26 June 1958) is a peruvian lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from July to August 2020, under Martín Vizcarra's administration. He previously served as Ollanta Humala's minister of ...

(from 15 July) **

Walter Martos Walter Roger Martos Ruiz (born 2 November 1957) is a Peruvian retired military general and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru from August to November 2020, under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. He previously se ...

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 Early parliamentary elections were held in Peru on 26 January 2020.prison riot A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners. Prison riots have not been the subject of many academic studies or research inqui ...

at the Miguel Castro Castro prison in

San Juan de Lurigancho San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL) is a district in Lima, Peru, located in the area known as ''Cono Este''. It is Peru's most populous district, with a current population that may exceed one million. On the north, it is bordered by the districts of ...

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of t ...

left nine inmates dead.

August

* 22 August – 13 people are killed in a

stampede A stampede () is a situation in which a group of large animals suddenly start running in the same direction, especially because they are excited or frightened. Non-human species associated with stampede behavior include zebras, cattle, elephants ...

when police raided at a nightclub in

Los Olivos District Los Olivos is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Is a District of the Cono Norte area in the city of Lima. History In the Viceroyalty and early years of the republic, it was part of the great territory of Carabayllo. In the mid-16th ce ...

September

*18 September – Impeachment hearings for President

begin.

Deaths

January

* January 4 – Walter Ormeño, footballer (b. 1926). * January 9 –

Pablo Macera Pablo Macera (19 December 1929 – 9 January 2020) was a Peruvian historian. Biography Pablo Macera did his primary studies at La Salle School where he already felt a predilection for the History course. His secondary education was made at th ...

, historian (b. 1929). * January 19 – Dante Frasnelli Tarter, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).

March

* March 4 –

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra (; ; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as Prime Min ...

, politician and diplomat (b. 1920).

June

* June 1 – Javier Alva Orlandini, politician,

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is o ...

, President of the Senate (b. 1927). * June 9 –

Luis Repetto Luis Orlando Repetto Málaga ( Lima, 4 August 1953 – 9 June 2020) was a Peruvian museologist, cultural manager and television host. Career Repetto studied at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy. He was director of the National Institute of ...

Málaga, museologist and cultural manager (b. 1953).

July

* July 1 –

Santiago Manuin Valera Santiago Manuin Valera (1 January 1957 – 1 July 2020) was a Peruvian human rights activist and indigenous leader. He was born in Condorcanqui Province, Peru. He was a key leader of the Aguaruna people in Peru. He was President of the C ...

, Awajún leader and Indigenous rights activist (b. 1957).

August

* August 10 –

Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre (22 February 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Peruvian Roman Catholic archbishop. Sebastiani Aguirre was born in Peru and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of ...

, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (b. 1935). * August 12 – Gian Carlo Vacchelli, sports commentator and politician (b. 1981). * August 14 – Moisés Mamani, politician (b. 1969). * August 24 – Jorge Sanjinez Lenz, military volunteer (b. 1917). * August 25 –

Francisco Belaúnde Francisco Belaúnde Terry (3 October 1923 – 25 August 2020) was a Peruvian politician who served as a member of Congress, in which he served as President of the Chamber of Deputies between 1980 and 1981. His brother Fernando Belaúnde had been t ...

, politician (b. 1923).

September

* September 14 – Alicia Maguiña, singer and composer (b. 1938).

December

* December 14 –

Segundo Galicia Sánchez Segundo Galicia Sánchez (August 11, 1938 – December 14, 2020) was a Peruvian professor and sociologist. Career He completed a degree in Sociology from the National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru; Master's in Social Sciences from the ...

, professor and sociologist (b. 1938).

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2020s in Peru Years of the 21st century in Peru

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