Walter Roger Martos Ruiz (born 2 November 1957) is a Peruvian retired military general and politician. He was Prime Minister of Peru from August to November 2020, under Martín Vizcarra's administration.[1] He was Minister of Defense from October 2019 to August 2020.
Army career
Martos was born in the northern city of Cajamarca.[source?] Following the conclusion of his high school education at the Cristo Rey Maristas School, Martos enrolled in the Chorrillos Military School, where he would graduate in 1978 with a specialization in Engineering.[2] He attained a master's degree at the Army's Superior War College and at the Army's Scientific and Technological Institute.[3]
He was successively Secretary General of the Army General Command; General Commander of Education and Doctrine Command of the Peruvian Army; Commander General of the Northern Military Region (2011); Chief of General Staff of the Army; and Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (2013).[3]
He has also been director of the Army Language Center; Academic deputy director and director of the Military School of Chorrillos; director of the School of Engineering and the Superior School of War.[3]
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