The ministerial resolution issued on Wednesday, November 27, designated David Eduardo Gómez Boluarteeldest son of the President Dina Boluarteas third secretary of the permanent representation of Peru before the United Nations Organizationbased in New York, USA.
David Eduardo Gómez Boluarte graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Peru Pérez de Cuellar in 2022 as part of class No. 60. He attended his graduation Dina Boluartewho at that time was vice president of Peru and minister of Social Inclusion Development, while Ana Cecilia Gervasi served as head of Foreign Relations. Her appointment has caused surprise and curiosity, since the scandals surrounding the president make it question whether it was an alleged case of nepotism.
Dina Boluarte’s son is appointed as a diplomat to the UN. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Is the appointment of Dina Boluarte’s son as third diplomatic secretary legal or not?
The Republic contacted former Foreign Minister Miguel Rodríguez Mackey, who specified that the appointment of David Eduardo Gómez Boluarte is legal, as it indicates that the president’s son belongs to the diplomatic service of the Republic and graduated from the Diplomatic Academy precisely when he was serving. as representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“David Gomez Boluarte He was in his second year at the Diplomatic Academy and he has served his time in Lima as third secretary, which is the category with which they join the service (…) It is legal. Their departure abroad is the normality of the activities of career diplomats, in accordance with the organic law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the law of the diplomatic service of the Republic,” Rodríguez Mackay told this medium.
The professor of Political Science at the Antonio Ruíz de Montoya University, Alonso Cárdenas, confirmed what was said by former Foreign Minister Mackay and specified that “the Peruvian diplomatic service is quite professional and is characterized by being independent of political power.”
However, he described the fact as “a new mistake” by the president, which puts her even more against public opinion. “Beyond the legal formality, politically it does not add (to its approval) and tends to aggravate all the facts for which it is already being questioned,” he said.
David Gómez Boluarte: how was your admission to the Diplomatic Academy of Peru?
David Gomez Boluarteson of the president Dina Boluarteis a young economist who graduated in 2022 from the Pérez de Cuellar Diplomatic Academy of Peru. He was part of class No. 60 named after Ambassador José Manuel Domingo Boza Orozco. At that event, he was accompanied by his mother who served as vice president and minister of Development and Social Inclusion and Ana Cecilia Gervasi, former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who began their duties in the Diplomatic Service of the Republic.
On March 29, 2021, before the presidential formula of Pedro Castillo and Dina Boluarte assumed power, a ministerial resolution published in El Peruano incorporated Gomez Boluarte to the first year of studies at the Diplomatic Academy, where he ranked twelfth out of 25 available places. More than a year later, on December 19, 2022, Supreme Resolution No. 168-2022-RE formalized his registration in the Diplomatic Service as third secretary, in accordance with current regulations.
Now in his new role, Gómez Boluarte will have the responsibility of supporting international negotiations, coordinating multilateral initiatives and representing Peru in relevant matters before UN organizations. Their work will focus on positioning the country in the global arena and promoting its interests on the international stage.
