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Pedro Castillo

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José Pedro Castillo Terrones (Latin American Spanish: [xoˈse ˈpeðɾo kasˈtiʝo teˈrones] ; born 19 October 1969) is a Peruvian politician, former elementary school teacher, and union leader who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 2021 until he was removed from office on 7 December 2022. Born to a peasant family in Puña, Cajamarca, Castillo began working in Peru's informal economy as a teenager to earn funds for his studies in education and later returned to his hometown to become a primary school teacher. He attained political prominence as a leading figure in a school teachers' strike in 2017 and ran in the 2021 presidential election as the candidate of the Free Peru party. Castillo announced his presidential candidacy after seeing his students undergo hardships from the lack of resources in rural Peru, with the election occurring amidst the country's COVID-19 pandemic and a period of democratic deterioration in the nation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Castillo is the 12,524th most popular politician (down from 11,528th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Peru (down from 59th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Peruvian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pedro Castillo ranks 12,524 out of 19,576. Before him are Kurt Hahn, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, Banharn Silpa-archa, Sadako Ogata, Reniero Zeno, and Adolf Ogi. After him are Alvise Contarini, Mago I of Carthage, Acfred, Duke of Aquitaine, Hipólito Mejía, Konoe Sakihisa, and Qiao Shi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Pedro Castillo ranks 135. Before him are Antônio Carlos Zago, Takeshi Obata, Candy Dulfer, Kim Rossi Stuart, Richard Witschge, and Răzvan Lucescu. After him are Pierfrancesco Favino, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jonas Kaufmann, Naveen Andrews, Jakob Dylan, and Beau Biden.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Pedro Castillo ranks 67 out of 287. Before him are Andrés Avelino Cáceres (1836), Alex Olmedo (1936), Daniel Alomía Robles (1871), Juan Diego Flórez (1973), Martín Vizcarra (1963), and Teodoro Fernández (1913). After him are Eduardo López de Romaña (1847), Henry Ian Cusick (1967), Vladimiro Montesinos (1945), Héctor Chumpitaz (1943), Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1895), and José Pardo y Barreda (1864).

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Among POLITICIANS In Peru

Among politicians born in Peru, Pedro Castillo ranks 35. Before him are Augusto B. Leguía (1863), Francisco Morales Bermúdez (1921), Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro (1889), Ramón Castilla (1797), Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780), and Martín Vizcarra (1963). After him are Eduardo López de Romaña (1847), Vladimiro Montesinos (1945), Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1895), José Pardo y Barreda (1864), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), and Mariano Ignacio Prado (1826).

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