Wilver Calle Girón

Wilver Calle Girón
Minister of Interior
In office
15 May 2012 – 24 July 2012
PresidentOllanta Humala
Prime MinisterOscar Valdés
Preceded byDaniel Lozada
Succeeded byWilfredo Pedraza
Personal details
Born1 March 1946
Lima, Peru
Military service
RankGeneral

Wilver Alfredo Calle Girón (born 1 March 1946) is a retired Peruvian army general, who briefly served as minister of interior from May to July 2012, in the Ollanta Humala administration.

Career

Calle is a former Peruvian army official and general.[1] He served as deputy defense minister until May 2012.[2] He was appointed interior minister on 15 May 2012 to the cabinet led by then prime minister Oscar Valdés.[1] Calle replaced Daniel Lozada in the post when the latter resigned from office on 10 May due to public protests over his failed struggle against Shining Path rebels.[3][4] Calle was forced to resign from office in July due to deadly crashes in the Conga mine in the Cajamarca region that resulted in the killing of five people.[5][6] He was removed from office on 24 July 2012 and Wilfredo Pedraza succeeded him as interior minister.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Second retired general joins Peruvian Cabinet". Reuters. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Humala names three new ministers". Latin News. May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ Cabitza, Mattia (20 May 2012). "Peru faces rethink in fight against Shining Path rebels". Lima: BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Peru ministers resign over Shining Path rebel clashes". BBC. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Peruvian lawmakers criticize Humala over deadly protests". Mineweb. Lima. Reuters. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Cabinet reshuffle on the cards in Peru". Independent Online. Lima. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Peru's Humala shakes up Cabinet amid mine protests". Boston. Lima. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2013.