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Eduardo Salhuana

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Eduardo Salhuana
President of Congress
Assumed office
26 July 2024
Vice President1st Vice President
Patricia Juárez
2nd Vice President
Waldemar Cerrón
3rd Vice President
Alejandro Cavero
Preceded byAlejandro Soto Reyes
Member of Congress
Assumed office
27 July 2021
Preceded byAlexander Lozano Inostroza
Succeeded byJuan Perry
ConstituencyMadre de Dios
In office
27 July 2001 – 26 July 2006
Preceded byNationwide district
Succeeded byJuan Perry
ConstituencyMadre de Dios
Minister of Justice
In office
25 February 2005 – 16 August 2005
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterCarlos Ferrero
Preceded byCarlos Gamarra Ugaz
Succeeded byAlejandro Tudela Chopitea
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
27 July 1990 – 5 April 1992
Preceded bySimón Gonzalo Horna Mejía
Succeeded byCongress dissolved
ConstituencyMadre de Dios
Personal details
Born
Eduardo Salhuana Cavides

(1962-09-01) September 1, 1962 (age 62)
Cuzco, Peru
Political partyAlliance for Progress
Other political
affiliations
Perú Posible
Alma materNational University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco

Eduardo Salhuana is a former member of the Congress of Peru of the Perú Posible party representing Madre de Dios. He was Minister of Justice of Peru during the Alejandro Toledo presidency.

Education

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He attended school in his hometown. In 1980, he entered the Law School of the National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco, graduating with a degree in Law and Political Science in 1986.[1]

Career

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In his professional career, he was a mixed judge in Puerto Maldonado; member of the Mixed and Decentralized Chamber of Madre de Dios; legal advisor to grassroots organizations and representative unions of Madre de Dios; and Dean of the Lawyers Association of Madre de Dios (2000-2001).[2]

Politics

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In 1990, he entered politics as a member of United Left (IU), being elected deputy for Madre de Dios,[3] a period that was frustrated by the 1992 self-coup. In 1997 he unsuccessfully ran for mayor of the Tambopata Provincial Municipality, in a questioned election that gave the ruling candidate the winner.[1]

After the fall of the Fujimori regime, he ran in 2001 as a candidate for the National Congress for the National United Renaissance group,[4] winning with 40.97% of the departmental vote, the highest percentage vote at the national level.[1] During his parliamentary function, he was a member of the Justice, Constitution and Budget commissions.[5] He was also president of the Commission on Amazon, Indigenous and Afro-Peruvian Affairs.[6] He was one of the promoters in declaring the South Interoceanic Highway of national interest, which he considered essential to achieve economic integration with Brazil.[2]

On February 25, 2005 he was sworn in as Minister of Justice, replacing the resigning Carlos Gamarra Ugaz, forming part of the ministerial cabinet chaired by Carlos Ferrero.[7] He resigned when the ministerial crisis of August 2005 occurred, which led to the fall of the Ferrero cabinet.

In 2015, he was appointed General Manager of the Madre de Dios Region.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Congresista Eduardo Salhuana" (in Spanish). Congress of the Republic of Peru. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Congresista Eduardo Salhuana / Currículum" (in Spanish). Congress of the Republic of Peru. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ Tuesta Soldevilla, Fernando. "Diputados 1990-1992" (PDF). blog.pucp.edu.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ Tuesta Soldevilla, Fernando. "Congresistas 2001-2006" (PDF). blog.pucp.edu.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ Antonio Salazar García (3 March 2005). "Eduardo Salhuana y sus retos como ministro de Justicia". justiciaviva.org.pe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2005. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ Ralph Zapata (30 January 2014). "Ex ministro Eduardo Salhuana asesora a mineros ilegales". El Comercio (in Spanish). Lima. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Temblor en Palacio: Toledo cambia a cuatro ministros" (in Spanish). Lima: La República. 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Gerencias Regionales". regionmadrededios.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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