Luis Federico Salas-Guevara Schultz (4 September 1950 – 28 April 2021) was a Peruvian politician. He was the 49th Prime Minister of Peru in 2000, being the final prime minister of President Alberto Fujimori's decade-long rule.[1]

Federico Salas
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
28 July 2000 – 21 November 2000
PresidentAlberto Fujimori
Preceded byAlberto Bustamante Belaunde
Succeeded byJavier Pérez de Cuéllar
Governor of Huancavelica Region
In office
1 January 2007 – 31 December 2010
Preceded bySalvador Espinoza Huarocc
Succeeded byMaciste Díaz Abad
Personal details
Born
Luis Federico Salas Guevara Schultz

(1950-09-04)4 September 1950
Lima, Peru
Died28 April 2021(2021-04-28) (aged 70)
Huancavelica, Peru
Political partyIndependent
Avancemos (2000)
SpouseRosario Serpa
Alma materPeruvian Institute of Business Administration

Biography

edit

Federico Salas was born in Lima on September 4, 1950, son of Federico Salas Guevara Alarco and Edith Schultz Macchiavello.

His childhood was spent in Huancavelica and later he traveled to Lima, doing his primary studies at the Inmaculado Corazón de María de Miraflores School and secondary studies at the Santa María Marianistas School.

He married in the first nuptials with Lyriam Succar, with whom he had 4 children, and in the second nuptials with Rosario Serpa Masías with whom he had a daughter.

After the death of his brother, he assumed the management of his assets until in 1973 his family's lands were expropriated by the military government during the implementation of the agrarian reform.

He returned to Lima to study administration at the Peruvian Institute of Business Administration (IPAE) and marketing at ESAN.

In 1993 he created the Center for Research, Promotion and Development in support of Huancavelica.

He ran for President of Peru in the 2000 elections under the Avancemos ticket but lost to President Alberto Fujimori. In an effort to reconcile with the opposition, President Alberto Fujimori, appointed Salas as Prime Minister. He served between 28 July to 21 November 2000 when Fujimori was ousted from power.

He was Mayor of Huancavelica,[2] and then Governor of Huancavelica Region from January 1, 2007, until December 31, 2010.[3]

Salas died on 28 April 2021, from COVID-19, at age 70.[4]

Controversies

edit

In 2005, the Supreme Court sentenced him to 3 years in suspended prison, to the payment of a reparation of three million soles, and a two-year disqualification, for the crimes of ideological falsehood, illicit association to commit a crime and embezzlement. According to Ideele Radio, the former prime minister was prosecuted for having signed an Emergency Decree that expanded the Ministry of Defense's specifications by 69 million soles to allegedly implement a military plan against the Colombian FARC, which was never carried out.

In 2014, the Special Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court determined that Carlos Boloña, Bergamino and Salas endorsed the delivery of US$15 million to Vladimiro Montesinos as "compensation" for his ten years of service in the Fujimori regime. For this they were sentenced to four years in suspended prison.[5]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Cormier, Bill (2000) "Accusations fly in Peru after protests", Daily News, July 29, 2000, p. 8A, retrieved 2011-06-27
  2. ^ Smith, William C. (2009) Latin American Democratic Transformations: Institutions, Actors, Processes, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-4051-9758-8, p. 346
  3. ^ World Statesmen - Regions of Peru. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  4. ^ Falleció el ex primer ministro Federico Salas-Guevara (in Spanish)
  5. ^ PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (27 November 2014). "Hoy rematan casa de ex ministro fujimorista Federico Salas | POLITICA". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
edit
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Peru
2000
Succeeded by