Politics of Peru

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Parties - Elections Image File history File links Peru_flag_with_coat_of_arms_300. ... The Government of Peru is in a state of ongoing democratization. ... Established in the Constitution of 1993, the President of the Republic is the Chief of the State and represents the republic in official international matters. ... // Prime Ministers of Peru (1963–1980) The Morales Bermúdez Administration (1975–1980) Prime Ministers of Peru (1980–2000) The Belaunde 2th Administration (1980–1985) The Garcia Administration (1985–1990) The Fujimori Administration (1990–2000) Prime Ministers of Peru (2000–2020) The Paniagua Administration (2000–2001) The Toledo Administration (2000... Political parties in Peru lists political parties in Peru. ... Elections in Peru provides information pertaining to the election process and the results of Peruvian presidencial elections. ...

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Congress (Spanish: Congreso) is the name given to Peru's unicameral legislature under the current (1993) constitution. Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ...

Congress consists of 120 members of congress (congresistas), who are elected for five year periods in office on a proportional representation basis. To be eligible, candidates must be Peruvian citizens, have passed their 25th birthday, and not have had their right to vote suspended. Proportional representation (PR) is an election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ...

The most recent congressional election was held on 8 April 2001. It produced the following distribution of seats: April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• Peru Possible (Perú Posible, PP): 47
• American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana, APRA): 28
• National Unity (Unidad Nacional, UN): 17
• Independent Moralizing Front (Frente Independiente Moralizador, FIM): 11
• Others 17.

The next congressional election is slated to be held on 9 April 2006. Peru Possible (Spanish: Perú Posible) is a Peruvian political party. ... The American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), today officially known as Partido Aprista Peruano (Peruvian Aprista Party) is Perus oldest and one of its best-established political parties. ... National Unity (Spanish: Unidad Nacional) is a Peruvian political party. ... Independent Moralizing Front (Spanish: Frente Independiente Moralizador) is a Peruvian political party. ... The next Peruvian election is slated to be held on 9 April 2006. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Under its 1980 constitution (adopted in 1979 and abrogated in 1993), Peru had a bicameral Congress, made up of a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies. Image File history File links Congreso del Peru File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... The Chamber of Deputies is the name given to the lower house of the bicameral legislatures of the following countries: It is also the name given to the unicameral parliaments of the following countries: Historically, the Chamber of Deputies (fr:Chambre des députés) was the lower house of...

The Senate had 60 members; the Chamber, 180. Members of both were elected for five-year terms, running concurrently with that of the president. Party-list proportional representation was used for both chambers: on a regional basis for the Senate, and using the D'Hondt method for the lower house. Members of both houses had to be Peruvian citizens, with a minimum age of 25 for deputies and 35 for senators. List of presidents of Peru : The Independence War 1821-1822: José de San Martín 1822-1823: José de La Mar 1823: Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano 1823: José de la Riva Agüero 1823-1824: José Bernardo de Tagle 1824-1826: Simón Bolívar 1826-1827: Andrés... Proportional representation (PR) is an election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ... The dHondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

After the Auto-Coup of 1993, the Democratic Constitutional Congress established a single chamber of 120 members. The Democratic Constitutional Congress (Spanish: Congreso Constituyente Democrático) was a Constituent Assembly created in Peru after the dissolution of Congress by President Alberto Fujimori in 1992. ...