Fernando Zavala

{{Short description|Prime Minister of Peru}} {{family name hatnote|Zavala|Lombardi|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Fernando Zavala | image = Fernando M. Zavala Lombardi.jpg | image_size = | office = [[Prime Minister of Peru]] | president = [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] | term_start = 28 July 2016 | term_end = 17 September 2017 | predecessor = [[Pedro Cateriano]] | successor = [[Mercedes Aráoz]] | office1 = [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Minister of Economy and Finance]] | president1 = [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] | prime_minister1 = Fernando Zavala | term_start1 = 23 June 2017 | term_end1 = 17 September 2017 | predecessor1 = [[Alfredo Thorne]] | successor1 = [[Claudia Cooper]] | president2 = [[Alejandro Toledo]] | prime_minister2 = [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] | term_start2 = 16 August 2005 | term_end2 = 28 July 2006 | predecessor2 = [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] | successor2 = [[Luis Carranza (economist)|Luis Carranza]] | office3 = [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Deputy Minister of Economy]] | president3 = [[Alejandro Toledo]] | prime_minister3 = [[Roberto Dañino]] [[Luis Solari]] [[Beatriz Merino]] [[Carlos Ferrero]] | minister3 = [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] [[Javier Silva Ruete]] [[Jaime Quijandría Salmón]] | term_start3 = 19 April 2002 | term_end3 = 16 August 2005 | predecessor3 = Patricia Teullet Pipoli | successor3 = Javier Abugattás Fatule | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|2|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tacna]], [[Peru]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | alma_mater = [[University of the Pacific (Peru)|University of the Pacific]] (BA) [[University of Piura]] (MBA) [[University of Birmingham]] (MBA) }}

'''Fernando Martín Zavala Lombardi''' ({{IPA|es|feɾˈnando maɾˈtin saˈβala lomˈbaɾði}}; born 16 February 1971) is a Peruvian politician, who was the [[Prime Minister of Peru]] from 28 July 2016 to 17 September 2017.<ref name="Andina">{{cite news |author=Staff writer |date=15 September 2017 |title=Peru's Congress delivers vote of no-confidence against Cabinet |url=http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-perus-congress-delivers-vote-of-noconfidence-against-cabinet-683110.aspx |work=andina.com.pe |agency=Peru News Agency |location=Lima |publisher=Andina |access-date=3 October 2017 |archive-date=15 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044521/http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-perus-congress-delivers-vote-of-noconfidence-against-cabinet-683110.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Previously he was the President of [[Backus and Johnston Brewery|Backus and Johnston]], a subsidiary of [[SABMiller]]. From 2005 to 2006 he was [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Minister of Economy and Finance]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mef.gob.pe/es/component/content/article?id=493:..|title=Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas - Histórico - Relación de Ministros|website=www.mef.gob.pe}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Zavala was born in [[Tacna]] in 1971 to José Zavala Rey de Castro and María Fedora Elisabeth Lombardi Oyarzu. On his mother's side, he is the nephew of prominent Peruvian filmmaker [[Francisco J. Lombardi]].

Following the completion of his high school education at the Colegio de la Inmaculada (the Jesuit school of Peru) in 1987, Zavala was admitted to the [[University of the Pacific (Peru)|University of the Pacific]], graduating in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He ultimately attained two Masters of Business Administration, from the [[University of Piura]] and the [[University of Birmingham]], respectively.

==Career== Zavala started his career in the private sector as assistant manager of Samtronics Peru. He was also Chief Financial Officer of Apoyo S.A. (Now Ipsos Perú S.A.), in the positions of consultant and pollster.

In 1995, Zavala was appointed CEO of Peru's National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), a position he held until 2000 in order to enter the [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Minister of Economy and Finance]] as a consultant.

== Political career == At the [[Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Minister of Economy and Finance]] led by [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]], Zavala was appointed Deputy Minister of Economy in April 2002, serving through August 2005 as President [[Alejandro Toledo]] reshuffled his cabinet and named Kuczynski [[Prime Minister of Peru]]. In this reshuffle, Zavala succeeded Kuczynski in the Ministry, serving until the end of Toledo's presidential term in July 2006.

Upon retiring from the government, Zavala returned to the private sector as he began working at [[Backus and Johnston Brewery|Backus and Johnston]] as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Relations. After three years in office, he was named the president of National Brewery – [[SABMiller|SABMiller Panamá]]. In November 2013 he returned to Peru as president of [[Backus and Johnston Brewery|Backus and Johnston]]. Zavala has been a member of the boards of directors of [[Interbank]], [[Alicorp]], inmobiliaria IDE, Cerveceria San Juan, Banco Falabella, and Enersur.

=== Prime Minister of Peru === On 15 July 2016 President-elect [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]] confirmed him as head of his ministerial cabinet. On 18 July, during the inauguration, he was sworn in at a ceremony held in the courtyard of honor of the Government Palace, in the open air and in full view of the public.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fernando Zavala juró como nuevo Presidente del Consejo de Ministros {{!}} Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros|url=http://www.pcm.gob.pe/2016/07/fernando-zavala-juro-como-nuevo-presidente-del-consejo-de-ministros/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=www.pcm.gob.pe|archive-date=2021-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522123009/http://www.pcm.gob.pe/2016/07/fernando-zavala-juro-como-nuevo-presidente-del-consejo-de-ministros/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Correo|first=Redacción|date=2017-06-23|title=Premier Fernando Zavala juró hoy como ministro de Economía y Finanzas (VIDEO) {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://diariocorreo.pe/politica/ultimo-minuto-fernando-zavala-confirma-que-sera-el-nuevo-ministro-de-economia-757571/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=Correo|language=es}}</ref> He held the office until 17 September 2017, after his cabinet was successfully censored by a [[Motion of no confidence|vote of no confidence]] two days earlier.<ref name="Andina" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO|date=2017-09-15|title=Fernando Zavala: Congreso de la República decidió no otorgar la confianza al Gabinete Ministerial {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/fernando-zavala-congreso-republica-decide-otorgar-confianza-gabinete-ministerial-noticia-458242-noticia/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=El Comercio Perú|language=es}}</ref>

On 23 June 2017 Fernando Zavala became the Minister of Economy and Finance replacing Alfredo Thorne.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Borda|first=Luis Adolfo|date=2017-06-23|title=Fernando Zavala permanecerá temporalmente al frente del Ministerio de Economía|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/gobierno/fernando-zavala-permanecera-temporalmente-al-frente-del-ministerio-de-economia-noticia-1059570|access-date=2021-05-22|website=RPP|language=es}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

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