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Francisco Sagasti
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President of Peru | |
Assumed office 16 November 2020 |
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Prime Minister | Ántero Flores Aráoz Violeta Bermúdez |
Preceded by | Manuel Merino |
President of Congress | |
Assumed office 16 November 2020 |
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Preceded by | Rocío Silva-Santisteban (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Mirtha Vásquez (Interim) |
Member of Congress | |
Assumed office 16 March 2020 |
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Constituency | Lima |
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Born | October 4, 1944 Lima, Peru |
Political party | Purple Party (2016-present) |
Spouse(s) | Silvia Charpantier |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | National University of Engineering (B.S.) Pennsylvania State University (M.Sc.) University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.) |
Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler (born October 10, 1944) is a Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician. He is the 87th and current President of Peru since November 16, 2020.
In March 2020, he was elected as a Member of Congress for the Lima constituency.
He is a founding member of the Purple Party, Sagasti was Julio Guzmán's second vice-presidential selection for the 2021 general election, until he assumed the presidency via constitutional succession.

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