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.
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]