Benigno Chirinos | |
Office: | Political General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party |
President: | Alan García César Trelles |
Term Start: | 8 July 2017 |
Predecessor: | Jorge Del Castillo |
Office2: | Senator of the Republic |
Term Start2: | 26 July 1990 |
Term End2: | 5 April 1992 |
Constituency2: | National |
Birth Name: | Benigno Hildebrando Chirinos Sotelo |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1950 |
Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
Occupation: | Union leader |
Nationality: | Peruvian |
Benigno Hildebrando Chirinos Sotelo (born 29 May 1950) is a Peruvian labor union leader and politician. He currently leads the Workers Confederation of Peru and serves as Political General Secretary of the Peruvian Aprista Party since 2017.[1] [2]
In 1990, Chirinos was elected to the Peruvian Senate. He served until 1992 following Alberto Fujimori's self-coup, which effectively dissolved congress.[3] He never attained public office again.