Benigno Chirinos

Benigno Hildebrando Chirinos Sotelo (born 29 May 1950) is a Peruvian labor union leader and politician. He currently leads the Workers Confederation of Peru and serves as Political General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party since 2017.[1][2]

Benigno Chirinos
Political General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party
Assumed office
8 July 2017
PresidentAlan García
César Trelles
Preceded byJorge Del Castillo
Senator of the Republic
In office
26 July 1990  5 April 1992
ConstituencyNational
Personal details
Born
Benigno Hildebrando Chirinos Sotelo

(1950-05-29) 29 May 1950
Lima, Peru
Nationality Peruvian
Political partyPeruvian Aprista Party (2004-present)
OccupationUnion leader

In 1990, Chirinos was elected to the Peruvian Senate. He served until 1992 following Alberto Fujimori's self-coup, which effectively dissolved congress.[3] He never attained public office again.


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