Guido Bellido

Guido Bellido Ugarte (born 7 August 1979) is a Peruvian politician of Quechua heritage, an electrical engineer and economist. He served as prime minister of Peru from 29 July to 6 October 2021. He is also serving as a member of the Congress, representing Cuzco.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bellido and the second or maternal family name is Ugarte.
Guido Bellido
Bellido Ugarte in July 2021
Member of Congress
Assumed office
27 July 2021
ConstituencyCusco
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
29 July 2021 – 6 October 2021
PresidentPedro Castillo
Preceded byVioleta Bermúdez
Succeeded byMirtha Vásquez
Personal details
Born
Guido Bellido Ugarte

(1979-08-07) 7 August 1979
Livitaca District, Peru
Political partyFree Peru
EducationNational University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco

Early life

Bellido Ugarte was born to a Quechua family in Livitaca[1] on 7 August 1979.[2] He has a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering[3] and a master's degree in economics with a major in public management and regional development.[4] He carried out his higher studies at the National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco.

Political career

Until 2018, he was a member of the Arriba Peru Adelante party, where he served as a legal representative, and later joined the Free Peru party where he served as a regional secretary general in Cuzco.[5] He was elected to the Congress of Peru at the 2021 general election as a member of Free Peru.

In May 2021, the Office of the Prosecutor Against Terrorism opened an investigation against Guido Bellido for the alleged crime of "apology to terrorism", following an interview where he spoke about the Shining Path : "The country was in a disastrous state in 1980. Some Peruvians took the wrong path. Are they Peruvians or not? They have rights. What do you have against the members of the Shining Path?" he had said in an interview with an online media".[6][5][7]

Prime Minister of Peru

He was named Prime Minister by President Pedro Castillo on 29 July 2021.[8] During his inaugural speech to congress, Bellido spoke entirely in Quechua and was booed by opposition congressmen demanding that he speak in Spanish; Bellido finished his speech dedicating it "to all those Peruvians who died without ever understanding a word said in this Congress".[9] As his first act as prime minister, Bellido traveled to Chumbivilcas Province to mediate between indigenous groups and the Las Bambas copper mine, directly negotiating with groups in Quechua and successfully establishing an agreement between the two parties.[9]

On September 26, Bellido warned companies which drill for gas in the country to either pay higher taxes or face nationalization.[10]

On 6 October, Bellido resigned as President of the Council of Ministers, after President Castillo asked for his resignation.[11]

References
  1. "Voto Informado". votoinformado.jne.gob.pe. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. "Infogob | Observatorio para la Gobernabilidad". Infogob. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  3. "Con Sunedu en Línea, más trámites y servicios a tu alcance". SUNEDUenlínea (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. "Otorongo BELLIDO UGARTE, GUIDO - 2021". otorongo.club. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. PERÚ, NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO (2021-06-03). "Guido Bellido y Guillermo Bermejo no pueden integrar comisiones de Defensa o Inteligencia del Congreso por casos de terrorismo y apología | congresistas electos de Perú Libre | primer ministro | | POLITICA". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  6. "Pérou : Castillo nomme un ingénieur au poste de premier ministre, un guérillero chef de la diplomatie". Le Figaro (in French). July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  7. Ortiz, Claudia (2021-07-29). "Guido Bellido: Este es el video por el que el nuevo premier es investigado por presunta apología al terrorismo". RPP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  8. "Peru's Castillo names Marxist party member as PM, likely scaring investors". Reuters. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  9. "In Peru, the Knives Are Already Out for Pedro Castillo". Jacobin. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  10. Rochabrun, Marcelo (2021-09-26). "Peru PM warns gas sector: pay higher taxes or face nationalization". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  11. "Guido Bellido renuncia a la presidencia del Consejo de Ministros de Perú por petición del presidente Castillo". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-07.
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