Jorge del Castillo
Prime Minister of Peru
In office 28 July 2006 – 14 October 2008
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Succeeded by	Yehude Simon
Member of Congress
In office 26 July 2016 – 30 September 2019
Constituency	Lima
In office 26 July 2001 – 25 July 2011
Constituency	Lima
In office 26 July 1995 – 26 July 2001
Constituency	National
Second Vice President of Congress
In office 26 July 2001 – 26 July 2002
President	Carlos Ferrero
Preceded by	Henry Pease
Succeeded by	Mercedes Cabanillas
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 26 July 1990 – 5 April 1992
Constituency	Lima
Mayor of Lima
In office 1 January 1987 – 31 December 1989
Preceded by	Alfonso Barrantes
Succeeded by	Ricardo Belmont
Prefect of theDepartment of Lima
In office 8 August 1985 – 12 July 1986
Mayor of Barranco
In office 1 January 1984 – 31 December 1986
Preceded by	Nicomedes Montalván Prado
Succeeded by	Pedro Allemant Centeno
Member of theBarranco District Council
In office 1 January 1981 – 31 December 1983
Party offices Political General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party In office 7 June 2004 – 8 July 2017 President Alan García Preceded by Office established(himself as only General Secretary) Succeeded by Benigno Chirinos General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party In office 1 December 1999 – 7 June 2004 Preceded by Luis Alva Castro Succeeded by Office divided(himself withMauricio Mulder) Chairman of the Peruvian Aprista Party National Political Commission In office 31 January 1995 – 1 December 1999 National Secretary of Local Governments of the Peruvian Aprista Party In office 20 February 1986 – 20 February 1989
Personal details
Born	Jorge Alfonso Alejandro del Castillo Gálvez (1950-07-02)2 July 1950 (age 75) Lima,Peru
Nationality	Peruvian
Political party	Peruvian Aprista Party
Spouse	Carmen Haas Pelosi
Children	4
Alma mater	National University of San Marcos (LLB) Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (no degree)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Jorge Alfonso Alejandro del Castillo Gálvez (born 2 July 1950) is aPeruvian lawyer and politician. In his career, he has served in the now abolished Peruvian Chamber of Deputies between 1990 and 1992, in the unicameralCongress of the Republic for six non-consecutive terms, between 1995 and 2011 and again from 2016 to 2019, five of which are consecutive terms, and as Mayor ofLima and theDistrict of Barranco during the 1980s.

An adept negotiator, he is also a prominent member of thePeruvian Aprista Party, serving in two occasions as the party's Secretary-General. As the right-hand man to the late former PresidentAlan García, he served as his defense attorney during the first corruption and illicit enrichment allegations made in his firstpost-presidency, and finally as his firstPrime Minister in hissecond presidency.

Born in 1950 in theBarranco District inLima, Jorge del Castillo pursued his elementary, middle and high school education at the Colegio San Luis of Barranco. Upon graduation, he enrolled inNational University of San Marcos, studying law from 1968 to 1974. He enrolled in the graduate program inconstitutional law offered byPontifical Catholic University of Peru in 1993, but did not complete the degree. In addition, he holds a certificate in Senior Management from theUniversity of Piura.

He became a member of thePeruvian Aprista Party while he was a law student at theNational University of San Marcos.

A prominent member of thePeruvian Aprista Party, Del Castillo was first elected to public office as a Councilman of theDistrict of Barranco in 1981. In the 1983 municipal elections, he was elected Mayor of the same district. He held the position until 1985, when PresidentAlan García appointed him Prefect (appointed department governor) of Lima.

He rose to political prominence after being elected Mayor ofLima in late-1986, defeating various popular candidates such as former christian democrat Mayor from the 1960s,Luis Bedoya Reyes and incumbentMarxist MayorAlfonso Barrantes. As Mayor, he did very little in the case of infrastructure and rehabilitation of roads, although he claimed that he couldn't do much because of the rise of terrorism.

In 1990, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, serving until 1992, when PresidentAlberto Fujimori dissolved Congress in aself-coup. During his short term in Congress, he defended APRA leaderAlan García from the accusations against him involving corruption and unjust enrichment.

Del Castillo returned to politics in 1995, when he was elected to Congress representing Lima. He was reelected for office in 2000, 2001, and 2006. In 2004, he was ratified as Secretary General of the Party for a second term (this time as Institutional Secretary General of the Party), serving until 2006, when he resigned after being named by newly elected PresidentAlan García as his inauguralPrime Minister.

After his ousting as a Deputy, he helped García escape fromPeru and find refuge inColombia. With García in exile, Del Castillo became one of the most respected leaders of the Party, and was elected Secretary General in 1999.

For the general elections of 2000, he was a candidate for the 1st Vice Presidency of the Republic on the presidential roster ofAbel Salinas Izaguirre for the APRA, however the candidacy was not successful and he was in the 4th place of the preferences.

During his work in the legislature, he showed his opposition to the Fujimori regime and participated in the “March of the Four Suyos” on July 28, 2000, the same day that Alberto Fujimori assumed his third government.

In November of the same year, after the fall of the Fujimori government, his legislative position was reduced until 2001 when new general elections were called.

In the 2001 general elections, he was reelected Congressman by APRA for the 2001-2006 parliamentary term.

During his work, he was 2nd Vice President of the Congress of the Republic during the period 2001-2002; President of the Subcommission for Constitutional Reform of the Economic Regime (2001-2002), President of the Working Group on the Law of Political Parties (2002-2003) and President of the Special Commission for Investment of the Congress of the Republic in the 2004- legislatures 2005 and 2005-2006.

In 2004, he was ratified as Secretary General of the Party for a second term (this time as Institutional Secretary General of the Party), serving until 2006, when he resigned after being named by newly elected PresidentAlan García as his inauguralPrime Minister. He served as Political Secretary General between 2010 and 2017, concurrently with the Institutional Secretary General, formerAyacucho GovernorOmar Quesada.

Del Castillo was sworn in as García's Prime Minister on July 28, 2006, swearing forVíctor Raúl Haya de la Torre and "APRA martyrs blood". During his premiership, he gave political and economic stability to the country, generating confidence with Congress, making agreements with various unions and successfully managing social conflicts within the country.

After the"Petroaudios" scandal revealed Del Castillo's involvement, he tendered his resignation with the whole cabinet on October 10, 2008, to PresidentAlan García, marking his political downfall.^[1]

Del Castillo served in Congress until 2011, after failing to achieve a fifth consecutive reelection. He served as Political Secretary General between 2010 and 2017, concurrently with the Institutional Secretary General, formerAyacucho GovernorOmar Quesada.

In the2016 general election, Del Castillo was reelected for a fifth term in Congress, returning after 5 years of absence under thePopular Alliance. By law, he cannot run again for reelection since the approval of the third clause of the2018 constitutional referendum, which states the prohibition of immediate reelection for congressman.

His final tenure in office ended with thedissolution of Congress byMartín Vizcarra. He served a total of 19 years in Congress.

• Member of the Barranco District Council (1981-1983)
• Mayor of the District of Barranco (1984-1986)
• Prefect of the Department of Lima (1985-1986)
• Metropolitan Mayor of Lima (1987-1989)
• Chairman of Association of Municipalities of Peru (1987-1989)
• Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1990-1992)
• Member of Congress (1995-2000) (2000-2001) (2001-2006) (2006-2011) (2016-2019)
• Second Vice President of Congress (2001-2002)
• President of the Council of Ministers (2006-2008)

• District General Secretary - Barranco (1982)
• National Secretary of Local Governments (1986-1989)
• Chairman of the National Political Commission (1995-1999)
• General Secretary (1999-2004) (2004-2006)
• First vice presidential nominee (2000)
• Second vice presidential nominee (2001)
• Political General Secretary (2010-2017)

• 2008 Peru oil scandal

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