2017 in Peru
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Events in the year 2017 in Peru.
Incumbents
- President: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
- First Vice President: Martín Vizcarra
- Second Vice President: Mercedes Aráoz
- Prime Minister: Fernando Zavala Lombardi (until September 17), Mercedes Aráoz (starting September 17)
Events
- The 2017 Peru flood was a natural disaster in Peru in which more than 100 000 homes were demolished, over 100 bridges washed out, and multiple roadways rendered inoperable.[1] Over 70 people have lost their lives as a result of the flooding.[2]
Publications
- Francisco Sagasti and Lucía Málaga Sabogal's book Un desafío persistente. Políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación en el Perú del siglo 21.
Cinema
- La última tarde (The last evening) by Joel Calero.
Deaths
January
- 20 January – José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1940).[3]
March
- 27 March – Armando Nieto, Roman Catholic priest and historian (b. 1931).[4]
April
- 11 April – José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huaraz and Lurin (b. 1931).[5]
- 23 April – Luis Pércovich Roca, politician, Prime Minister 1984–1985 (b. 1931).[6]
June
- 14 June – Luis Abanto Morales, singer and composer (b. 1923)
July
- 14 July – Pedro Richter Prada, politician, Prime Minister 1979–1980 (b. 1921).[7]
- 20 July – Wilindoro Cacique, 75, Amazonian cumbia musician (Juaneco y Su Combo).[8]
August
- 21 August – Arturo Corcuera, poet (b. 1935).[9]
- 28 August – Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza, human rights activist (b. 1929).[10]
September
- 13 September – Saby Kamalich, film and television actress (b. 1939).[11]
- 24 September – Carlos Vidal Layseca, physician, Minister of Health and Rector of Cayetano Heredia University (b. 1931).[12]
October
- 9 October – Fernando de Szyszlo, painter, sculptor and printmaker (b. 1925).[13]
- 19 October – Miguel Ángel Loayza, football player (b. 1940).[14]
References
- ^ "Flooding, Mudslides Strike Peru, Killing 72; Thousands Homeless".
- ^ "Death toll rises to 72 in Peru rains, flooding, mudslides". Fox News. 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Fallece el P. Armando Nieto, emblemático scerdote jesuita e historiador en el Peru (in Spanish)
- ^ Bishop José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B.
- ^ HONDO PESAR POR EL FALLECIMIENTO DE EX PREMIER LUIS PÉRCOVICH ROCA Archived 2017-08-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Falleció exministro Pedro Richter Prada, implicado en Operación Cóndor (in Spanish)
- ^ Wilindoro Cacique, líder de Juaneco y su combo, falleció a los 74 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Falleció el poeta Arturo Corcuera a los 81 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Falleció "Mamá Angélica", mujer símbolo de los familiares de los desaparecidos (in Spanish)
- ^ Murió la primera actriz Saby Kamalich, a los 78 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece ex Minsitro de Salud Carlos Vidal Layseca Archived 2017-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Fernando de Szyszlo: falleció el destacado artista plástico a los 92 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Fútbol peruano de luto: falleció histórico jugador Miguel Loayza (in Spanish)
