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About Martín Vizcarra
- Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo (American Spanish: [ma?'tin al'ße?to ßis'kara ko?'nexo] (listen); born 22 March 1963) is a Peruvian engineer and politician who is the current President of Peru.
- Vizcarra previously served as Governor of the Moquegua Region (2011–2014), Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru (2016–2017), and Ambassador of Peru to Canada (2017–2018), both during the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. In the 2016 general election, Vizcarra ran with the Peruvians for Change presidential ticket as candidate for First Vice President and as running mate of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
- The ticket narrowly defeated Keiko Fujimori's Popular Force nomination. Vizcarra was sworn into office as president on 23 March 2018 following the resignation of President Kuczynski.
- Demanding reforms against corruption, Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru on 30 September 2019 and, on the same day, issued a decree for legislative elections to be held on 26 January 2020.
