Juan Incháustegui Explained

Juan Incháustegui
Office1:Minister of Industry, Tourism, Integration and International Commercial Negotiations
Office2:Minister of the Presidency
Office3:Member of the Senate
Constituency3:National
Office4:Minister of Energy and Mines
President1:Valentín Paniagua Corazao
Primeminister1:Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Predecessor1:Emilio Navarro Castañeda
Successor1:Raúl Diez Canseco
President2:Valentín Paniagua Corazao
Primeminister2:Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Predecessor2:María Luisa Alvarado Barrantes
Successor2:Emilio Navarro Castañeda
President4:Fernando Belaúnde
Primeminister4:Luis Pércovich Roca
Predecessor4:José Benavides Muñoz
Successor4:Wilfredo Huayta Núñez
Party:Popular Action
Birth Name:Juan Victoriano Incháustegui Vargas
Birth Date:4 March 1938
Birth Place:Arequipa, Peru
Death Place:Lima, Peru
Alma Mater:National University of Engineering
Occupation:Mechanical engineer, politician
Term Start1:18 January 2001
Term End1:28 July 2001
Term Start2:22 November 2000
Term End2:18 January 2001
Term Start3:27 July 1990
Term End3:5 April 1992
Term Start4:19 March 1984
Term End4:28 July 1985
Awards:Order of the Sun of Peru

Juan Victoriano Incháustegui Vargas (4 March 1938 – 16 February 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as Minister of Energy and Mines, Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Tourism and as a Senator.[1]

Biography

Born in Arequipa, studied Electrical Engineering at the National University of Engineering and participated in the High Direction program from the University of Piura. In the period from 1981 to 1984, he was General Manager of Electroperú S.A and in the nineties, he joined Cementos Pacasmayo as director. He was executive director and Vice President of TECSUP.[2]

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Engineering and Technology. He joined the Hochschild Group in 1986 and remained as director until January 2015. He was a member of the Board of Innóvate Peru Program of the Ministry of Production.

Political career

In March 1984, President Fernando Belaúnde Terry appointed him Minister of Energy and Mines, position in which he remained until July 1985.[3]

In the municipal elections of 1989, he applied to the Provincial Government of Lima for FREDEMO, being in second place with 26.79% of the votes.

He applied to the Senate in 1990 for FREDEMO, being elected with 87,451 votes. His parliamentary work was interrupted by the self-coup by Alberto Fujimori on 5 April 1992, which led to the dissolution of the Congress of the Republic.

For the general elections of 1995 he ran for First Vice President in the list headed by Raúl Diez Canseco; however, they only received 1.64% of the votes.

In November 2000, the temporary president, Valentín Paniagua, appointed him Minister of the Presidency. In January 2001, he resigned his post and was appointed Minister of Industry, Tourism, Integration and International Trade Negotiations, office in which he remained until July 2001.

He received the Order of the Sun in 1985.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ex ministro Juan Incháustegui fallece a los 80 años . El Comercio. 17 February 2019. 18 February 2019 . es.
  2. Web site: Juan Incháustegui Vargas UTEC . utec.com . 19 February 2019. es.
  3. Web site: Acción Popular: Exministro Juan Incháustegui falleció a los 80 años . La República . 17 February 2019. 19 February 2019. es.
  4. Web site: Juan Incháustegui Vargas . MINEDU - Portal del Ministerio de Educación . 19 February 2019 . es.