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Peru governor says he's ready to be prime minister
President Alan Garcia announced Saturday that he has appointed a leftist governor to become Peru's chief Cabinet minister, a day after the minister's predecessor resigned along with 16 colleagues amid a brewing oil-kickbacks scandal.Longtime politician and veterinarian Yehude Simon, 61, will replace outgoing Cabinet chief Jorge del Castillo in the position, Garcia said. ... Simon has had a lengthy political career, serving as a lawmaker for the United Left party from 1985 to 1990 during Garcia's first administration. He served prison time for alleged links to leftist Tupac Amaru guerrillas, but was pardoned in 2000 and elected governor of Peru's Lambayeque province in 2003. Del Castillo led 16 other ministers in a mass Cabinet resignation on Friday in the wake of an ongoing oil-kickbacks scandal. ... Posted by: ed 2008-10-12 |
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