Pedro Angulo Arana

{{short description|Peruvian lawyer and politician}} {{family name hatnote|Angulo|Arana|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = [[President of the Council of Ministers of Peru|Prime Minister of Peru]] | president = [[Dina Boluarte]] | term_start = 10 December 2022 | term_end = 21 December 2022 | predecessor = [[Betssy Chávez]] | successor = [[Alberto Otárola]] | office2 = Dean of the Lima Bar Association | term_start2 = 11 January 2016 | term_end2 = 13 January 2018 | predecessor2 = Mario Amoretti | successor2 = María Elena Portocarrero | birth_name = Pedro Miguel Angulo Arana | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|2|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lima]], Peru | spouse = | profession = Lawyer | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (until 2020; since 2021) | other_party = [[Contigo (political party)|Contigo]] (2020–2021) | education = [[National University of San Marcos]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Law|LLB]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])<br/>[[Federico Villarreal National University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | image = Pedro Angulo Arana Prime Minister of Peru.png | caption = }} '''Pedro Miguel Angulo Arana''' (born 5 February 1960) is a Peruvian lawyer who served as [[prime minister of Peru]] under the presidency of [[Dina Boluarte]], from 10 December 2022 to 21 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redactor_RR |date=2022-12-10 |title=Pedro Angulo Arana: este es el perfil del nuevo presidente del Consejo de Ministros |url=https://www.expreso.com.pe/politica/pedro-angulo-arana-este-es-el-perfil-del-nuevo-presidente-del-consejo-de-ministros/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Diario Expreso |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=GESTIÓN |first=NOTICIAS |date=2022-12-21 |title=Alberto Otárola, el nuevo premier en reemplazo de Pedro Ángulo {{!}} Dina Boluarte {{!}} PCM {{!}} PERU |url=https://gestion.pe/peru/politica/alberto-otarola-el-nuevo-premier-en-reemplazo-de-pedro-angulo-dina-boluarte-noticia/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Gestión |language=es}}</ref>

== Education == Angulo Arana obtained his bachelor's degree in communication sciences from the [[Federico Villarreal National University]], later obtaining a master's degree and a doctorate in law from the [[National University of San Marcos]].<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=10 December 2022 |title=Pedro Angulo Arana: Perfil y hoja de vida del nuevo presidente del Consejo de Ministros |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/12/10/pedro-angulo-arana-perfil-y-hoja-de-vida-del-presidente-del-consejo-de-ministros/ |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref>

== Political career == Prior to his appointment as prime minister of Peru, Angulo served as a senior prosecutor for the Public Prosecutor's Office and as dean of the Lima Bar Association for one term.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-12-12 |title=¿Quién es Pedro Angulo, el primer ministro del gabinete de la presidenta Dina Boluarte? |url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/2022/12/10/pedro-angulo-arana-quien-es-el-presidente-del-consejo-de-ministros-conoce-el-perfil-del-primer-ministro-del-gabinete-de-dina-boluarte-hoja-de-vida-perfil-evat/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[La República (Peru)|La Republica]] |language=es}}</ref> In November 2020, he was selected as the presidential nominee for the [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[Contigo (political party)|Contigo]] party for the [[2021 Peruvian general election]], but was unable to register on time for the election.<ref name=":7" />

On 10 December 2022, Angulo was sworn in as [[Prime Minister of Peru]] by president Dina Boluarte.<ref name=":7" /> He was succeeded by [[Alberto Otárola]] on 21 December.<ref name=":0" />

== Controversy == In 2006, the [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] (IFEX) criticized Angulo's actions serving as state prosecutor when he charged a journalist with withholding evidence, with IFEX stating that the journalist's actions were not a crime under Peruvian law and that he was attempting to broadcast alleged recordings of National Intelligence Council chief César Almeyda blackmailing Óscar Villanueva, a general.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-08 |title=Prosecutor demands four-year prison sentence for journalist accused of obstructing justice |url=https://ifex.org/prosecutor-demands-four-year-prison-sentence-for-journalist-accused-of-obstructing-justice/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

According to [[Voice of America]], Angulo faced 13 criminal investigations as of his appointment in December 2022, including abuse of authority, abuse of public administration, abuse of public faith, blackmail, extortion and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perú: presidenta Boluarte nombra a un investigado exfiscal como jefe de gabinete |url=https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/dina-boluarte-nombra-a-un-investigado-exfiscal-como-jefe-de-su-gabinete-de-ministros/6870952.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=[[Voice of America]] |language=es}}</ref> ''[[La República (Peru)|La República]]'' wrote that Prime Minister Angulo faces allegations of sexual harassment of women assistants and supporting the actions of [[César Hinostroza]], who illegally asked for favors from magistrate María Apaza and fled from Peru.<ref name=":7" />

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