Wilver Calle Girón Explained

Office1:Minister of Interior
Term Start1:15 May 2012
Term End1:24 July 2012
President1:Ollanta Humala
Primeminister1:Oscar Valdés
Predecessor1:Daniel Lozada
Successor1:Wilfredo Pedraza
Birth Date:1 March 1946
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Rank:General

Wilver Alfredo Calle Girón (born 1 March 1946) is a retired Peruvian army general, who briefly served as minister of interior from May to July 2012, in the Ollanta Humala administration.

Career

Calle is a former Peruvian army official and general.[1] He served as deputy defense minister until May 2012.[2] He was appointed interior minister on 15 May 2012 to the cabinet led by then prime minister Oscar Valdés.[1] Calle replaced Daniel Lozada in the post when the latter resigned from office on 10 May due to public protests over his failed struggle against Shining Path rebels.[3] [4] Calle was forced to resign from office in July due to deadly crashes in the Conga mine in the Cajamarca region that resulted in the killing of five people.[5] [6] He was removed from office on 24 July 2012 and Wilfredo Pedraza succeeded him as interior minister.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Second retired general joins Peruvian Cabinet. 13 April 2013. Reuters. 15 May 2012.
  2. News: Humala names three new ministers. 13 April 2013. Latin News. May 2012.
  3. News: Cabitza. Mattia. Peru faces rethink in fight against Shining Path rebels. 13 April 2013. BBC. 20 May 2012. Lima.
  4. News: Peru ministers resign over Shining Path rebel clashes. 13 April 2013. BBC. 10 May 2012.
  5. News: Peruvian lawmakers criticize Humala over deadly protests. 13 April 2013. Mineweb. 6 July 2012. Reuters. Lima.
  6. News: Cabinet reshuffle on the cards in Peru. 13 April 2013. Independent Online. 24 July 2012. Lima.
  7. News: Peru's Humala shakes up Cabinet amid mine protests. 13 April 2013. Boston. 24 July 2012. Lima.