LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday named Eduardo Arana, the Andean nation’s latest justice minister, to become prime minister.
His naming comes a day after the previous prime minister, Gustavo Adrianzen, resigned ahead of a censure vote in Congress on his handling of crime and the killing of a group of miners.
With Adrianzen’s resignation on Tuesday, the rest of the cabinet was required to step down from their roles as well, including Arana and newly named economy and interior ministers.
Boluarte’s deeply unpopular administration has been under pressure to combat rising crime ahead of elections next year.
(Reporting Marco Aquino; Writing by Kylie Madry; Editing by Sarah Morland)
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