Andres Alencastre swore tonight like Minister of Agricultureinstead of John Maplewho resigned from the sector last Sunday, June 5, after a series of questions due to his lack of experience in the sector.
In a brief ceremony held in the Cáceres Hall of the Government Palace at around 9:00 pm, President Pedro Castillo swore in the new member of the ministerial cabinet.
Who is the new minister?
Andrés Alencastre is an economist from the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina who has experience in environmental management issues, management of social conflicts around extractive activities, land planning, water use, development planning, among others.
The new head of Midagri was part of the technical team of Peru Libre in the second electoral round of 2021. In addition, he was the one who prepared the chapter on agrarian development issues in the government plan that said party presented during the aforementioned electoral campaign.
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This Monday, June 6 at 8 p.m., the economist Andres Alencastre i would swear like Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation replacing Juan Arce, who resigned last Sunday, June 5, according to information from Canal N.
According to the visit log, the economist met with the highest representative at the Government Palace between 8:27 a.m. and 9:20 a.m.
Andrés Alencastre was part of the technical team of the head of state and, prior to the second round of elections in 2021, he was part of the team that represented the candidates in the technical debate organized by the National Elections Jury (JNE).
LOOK: Andrés Alencastre would be the new Minister of Agriculture to replace Javier Arce
Resignation of Javier Arce
The appointment of the new Minister of Agriculture occurs after Alvarado Maple presented his letter of resignation from the position as a result of the constant questioning about him for his lack of experience in the agricultural sector, in the context of a food crisis.
Also, the program Fourth power showed a series of documents that link the former minister with serious judicial issues. In one of them it is detailed that the official would have the status of a free prisoner and in another of them it is indicated that he was imprisoned in the san george prison by him for the alleged crime of usurpation.
