2017 in Peru

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Events in the year 2017 in Peru.

Incumbents

• President: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
• First Vice President: Martín Vizcarra
• Second Vice President: Mercedes Aráoz
• Prime Minister: Fernando Zavala Lombardi (until September 17), Mercedes Aráoz (starting September 17)

Events

• The 2017 Peru flood was a natural disaster in Peru in which more than 100 000 homes were demolished, over 100 bridges washed out, and multiple roadways rendered inoperable.^[1] Over 70 people have lost their lives as a result of the flooding.^[2]

Publications

• Francisco Sagasti and Lucía Málaga Sabogal's book Un desafío persistente. Políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación en el Perú del siglo 21.

Cinema

• La última tarde (The last evening) by Joel Calero.

Deaths

Fernando de Szyszlo

Miguel Ángel Loayza

January

• 20 January – José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1940).^[3]

March

• 27 March – Armando Nieto, Roman Catholic priest and historian (b. 1931).^[4]

April

• 11 April – José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huaraz and Lurin (b. 1931).^[5]
• 23 April – Luis Pércovich Roca, politician, Prime Minister 1984–1985 (b. 1931).^[6]

June

• 14 June – Luis Abanto Morales, singer and composer (b. 1923)

July

• 14 July – Pedro Richter Prada, politician, Prime Minister 1979–1980 (b. 1921).^[7]
• 20 July – Wilindoro Cacique, 75, Amazonian cumbia musician (Juaneco y Su Combo).^[8]

August

• 21 August – Arturo Corcuera, poet (b. 1935).^[9]
• 28 August – Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza, human rights activist (b. 1929).^[10]

September

• 13 September – Saby Kamalich, film and television actress (b. 1939).^[11]
• 24 September – Carlos Vidal Layseca, physician, Minister of Health and Rector of Cayetano Heredia University (b. 1931).^[12]

October

• 9 October – Fernando de Szyszlo, painter, sculptor and printmaker (b. 1925).^[13]
• 19 October – Miguel Ángel Loayza, football player (b. 1940).^[14]

References

1. "Flooding, Mudslides Strike Peru, Killing 72; Thousands Homeless".
2. "Death toll rises to 72 in Peru rains, flooding, mudslides". Fox News. 18 March 2017.
3. "Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
4. Fallece el P. Armando Nieto, emblemático scerdote jesuita e historiador en el Peru (in Spanish)
5. Bishop José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B.
6. HONDO PESAR POR EL FALLECIMIENTO DE EX PREMIER LUIS PÉRCOVICH ROCA Archived 2017-08-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
7. Falleció exministro Pedro Richter Prada, implicado en Operación Cóndor (in Spanish)
8. Wilindoro Cacique, líder de Juaneco y su combo, falleció a los 74 años (in Spanish)
9. Falleció el poeta Arturo Corcuera a los 81 años (in Spanish)
10. Falleció "Mamá Angélica", mujer símbolo de los familiares de los desaparecidos (in Spanish)
11. Murió la primera actriz Saby Kamalich, a los 78 años (in Spanish)
12. Fallece ex Minsitro de Salud Carlos Vidal Layseca Archived 2017-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
13. Fernando de Szyszlo: falleció el destacado artista plástico a los 92 años (in Spanish)
14. Fútbol peruano de luto: falleció histórico jugador Miguel Loayza (in Spanish)