2017 in Peru explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flooding, Mudslides Strike Peru, Killing 72; Thousands Homeless .
2. Web site: Death toll rises to 72 in Peru rains, flooding, mudslides. Fox News. 18 March 2017.
3. Web site: Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas . gcatholic.org . 4 February 2017.
4. https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/fallece-el-p-armando-nieto-emblematico-sacerdote-jesuita-e-historiador-en-peru-61835/ Fallece el P. Armando Nieto, emblemático scerdote jesuita e historiador en el Peru
5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgurr.html Bishop José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B.
6. http://www.diariodechimbote.com/portada/noticias-locales/93992-2017-04-25-05-31-30 HONDO PESAR POR EL FALLECIMIENTO DE EX PREMIER LUIS PÉRCOVICH ROCA
7. https://redaccion.lamula.pe/2017/07/17/pedro-richter-prada-morales-bermudez-operacion-condor/victorliza/ Falleció exministro Pedro Richter Prada, implicado en Operación Cóndor
8. http://elcomercio.pe/luces/wilindoro-cacique-lider-juaneco-combo-murio-74-anos-443667 Wilindoro Cacique, líder de Juaneco y su combo, falleció a los 74 años
9. http://larepublica.pe/cultural/1076611-fallecio-el-poeta-arturo-corcuera-a-los-81-anos Falleció el poeta Arturo Corcuera a los 81 años
10. http://rpp.pe/peru/ayacucho/fallecio-mama-angelica-mujer-simbolo-de-los-familiares-de-los-desaparecidos-noticia-1073143 Falleció "Mamá Angélica", mujer símbolo de los familiares de los desaparecidos
11. http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/noticias-espectaculos-mexico/murio-la-primera-actriz-saby-kamalich-los-78-anos Murió la primera actriz Saby Kamalich, a los 78 años
12. http://conexionvida.net.pe/2017/09/26/fallece-3/ Fallece ex Minsitro de Salud Carlos Vidal Layseca
13. http://elcomercio.pe/lima/sucesos/fallecio-destacado-artista-plastico-fernando-szyszlo-92-anos-noticia-464419 Fernando de Szyszlo: falleció el destacado artista plástico a los 92 años
14. https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/futbol-peruano/futbol-peruano-luto-fallecio-historico-jugador-miguel-loayza-noticia-467008 Fútbol peruano de luto: falleció histórico jugador Miguel Loayza