2020 in Peru
Incumbents
- President:
- Martín Vizcarra
- Francisco Sagasti (from 17 November)
- Prime Minister:
- Vicente Zeballos (until 15 July)
- Pedro Cateriano (from 15 July)
- Walter Martos Ruiz (from 6 August)
- Violeta Bermúdez (from 18 November)
Events
Ongoing – The 2017–2021 Peruvian political crisis
January
- 26 January – Scheduled date for the 2020 Peruvian parliamentary election.
April
- 27 April – A prison riot at the Miguel Castro Castro prison in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima left nine inmates dead.[1]
August
- 22 August – 13 people are killed in a stampede when police raided at a nightclub in Los Olivos District.[2][3]
September
- 18 September – Impeachment hearings for President Martín Vizcarra begin.[4]
Deaths
January
- January 4 – Walter Ormeño, footballer (b. 1926).[5]
- January 9 – Pablo Macera, historian (b. 1929).[6]
- January 19 – Dante Frasnelli Tarter, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).[7]
March
- March 4 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, politician and diplomat (b. 1920).[8]
June
- June 1 – Javier Alva Orlandini, politician, Vice President, President of the Senate (b. 1927).[9]
- June 9 – Luis Repetto Málaga, museologist and cultural manager (b. 1953).[10]
July
- July 1 – Santiago Manuin Valera, Awajún leader and Indigenous rights activist (b. 1957).[11]
August
- August 10 – Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (b. 1935).[12]
- August 12 – Gian Carlo Vacchelli, sports commentator and politician (b. 1981).[13]
- August 14 – Moisés Mamani, politician (b. 1969).[14]
- August 24 – Jorge Sanjinez Lenz, military volunteer (b. 1917).[15]
- August 25 – Francisco Belaúnde, politician (b. 1923).[16]
September
- September 14 – Alicia Maguiña, singer and composer (b. 1938).[17]
December
- December 14 – Segundo Galicia Sánchez, professor and sociologist (b. 1938).[18]
See also
References
- Aquino, Marco; Garrison, Cassandra (April 28, 2020). Bell, Alistair; Reese, Chris (eds.). "Death toll in Peru prison riot over coronavirus demands rises to nine". Reuters.
Nine inmates have died after a prison riot in Peru over demands for better sanitary measures and coronavirus medical care, the country's prison authority said on Tuesday
- Moreno, Christian [@chrismoreno_sa] (August 23, 2020). "La #PNP confirmó que son 13 las personas que murieron al salir de discoteca en Los Olivos. Frente a la clínica están los cadáveres sobre camionetas. Los 120 asistentes al ver a los agentes quisieron escapar y provocó una estampida" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- "Discoteca en Los Olivos: qué se sabe de la estampida en un club nocturno de Perú que dejó al menos 13 muertos en medio del estado de emergencia por el coronavirus" (in Spanish). BBC World. August 24, 2020.
- CHRISTINE ARMARIO; FRANKLIN BRICEÑO (September 18, 2020). "Peru president faces impeachment vote amid pandemic turmoil". ABC News. AP. Retrieved Sep 18, 2020.
- "Fallece Walter Ormeño, exfutbolista y director técnico de equipos mexicanos". heraldodemexico.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- "Pablo Macera: el último gran historiador". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- "Bishop Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. †". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- "Secretary-General on the death of former Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar". United Nations Secretary-General. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- "Javier Alva Orlandini, figura histórica de Acción Popular, falleció este lunes". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 2 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Luís (Lucho) Repetto Málaga (1953–2020)". International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- "Fallece líder awajún Santiago Manuin a causa de la COVID-19 en Chiclayo". rpp.pe (in Spanish). July 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Conferencia Episcopal Peruana expresa su pesar por el fallecimiento de Mons. Luis Sebastiani Aguirre, Arzobispo Emérito de Ayacucho". iglesia.org.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Excongresista de Fuerza Popular, Gian Carlo Vacchelli, falleció esta mañana". gestion.pe (in Spanish). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Política: Excongresista Moisés Mamani falleció por coronavirus en Lima". gestion.pe (in Spanish). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "A los 103 años muere Jorge Sanjinez, héroe peruano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial". Nacional (in Spanish). 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- "Francisco Belaunde, hermano del expresidente Fernando Belaunde, falleció a los 96 años". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "La música de duelo: falleció la gran Alicia Maguiña". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- Demos, Editorial; corresponsal, Irene Sánchez. "La Jornada – Fallece Segundo Galicia Sánchez catedrático de la UAS". www.jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-01.
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