Presidency of José Jerí
| Presidency of José Jerí 10 October 2025 – 17 February 2026 | |
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| Party | Somos Perú |
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José Jerí became president of Peru following the impeachment of Dina Boluarte on October 10, 2025.[1]
Background
Former president Dina Boluarte was impeached after midnight on October 10, 2025, after she failed to appear before Congress to defend herself against Agenda 19770, which brought forward a motion to impeach due to Boluarte's failure to lower crime rates in the country. Despite Boluarte's lawyer, Juan Carlos Portugal, argument that she did not have enough time to prepare herself which violated the right to defence, the Congress moved forward with the impeachment motions. With a vote of 122–0 and 0 abstentions, her impeachment was announced at 00:07.[2][3][4]
Once the impeachment process was complete, Congress opened a motion of censure against Jerí, who was congressional president. After the motion of censure was rejected, Jerí was instated as interim president.[5]
Cabinet
References
- ^ Press, The Associated (2025-10-10). "Peru's Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country". NPR. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- ^ "Congreso de la República aprueba vacancia de Dina Boluarte con 122 votos a favor" [Congress of the Republic approves Dina Boluarte's impeachment with 122 votes in favour]. Comunicaciones del Congreso de la República (in Spanish). 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ "Congreso vacó a Dina Boluarte de la presidencia: así votaron las bancadas en el Pleno" [Congress removed Dina Boluarte from the presidency: this is how the benches voted in the Plenary]. Infobae (in Spanish). 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ Palacios, Oswaldo (10 October 2025). "Congreso aprueba la vacancia de Dina Boluarte" [Congress approves the impeachment of Dina Boluarte]. RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2025.
- ^ Aquino, Marco; Morland, Sarah (10 October 2025). "Peru's president removed by Congress, legislature chief sworn in". Reuters. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
External links
- Freeman, Will (2025-10-24). "Opinion | Peru Shows How Democracies Die Even Without a Dictator". The New York Times.