Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Pedro kuczynski es un economista y político peruano.Actualmente, es candidato del Perú de 2016

Sejak 1999 he is a naturalized U.S. citizen conserving dual citizenship. His duality of allegiance has fueled the opposition to argue that he serves Peru's government under an apparent conflict of interest with the U.S., as the U.S. requires its naturalized citizens to swear under oath that they are not to serve another government opposing U.S. national interests. Specifically, the oath of allegiance imposed upon all new U.S. citizens states: "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...".

This has become a point of utmost importance for potential future accusations of corruption or even high treason, since he, as minister of economy and later as prime minister, has been directly involved in negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. Also, holding high office he opined to prompt the judiciary to expedite rulings on suits that the Peruvian tax authority (SUNAT) had filed against nine U.S. corporations involving several hundred million dollars. Importantly, the U.S. government had conditioned uninterrupted negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement to the resolution of the judicial disputes.

He began his career at the World Bank in 1961 where he held senior positions, and worked later at the International Finance Corporation.

Kuczynski acted as Director of the Peruvian Central Bank (1967-1969), as Minister of Energy and Mines during the Government of Fernando Belaúnde Terry and as Vice Chairman of CAP S.A., a Chilean steel and forest products company (1992-1994)

Kuczynski was educated at Oxford University and Princeton University. He was a funds manager before entering the government. He has been a key member of the administration of President Alejandro Toledo but he claims to be politically independent.

He served as economy and finance minister twice under Toledo, from July 2001 to July 2002, and from February 2004 to August 2005. In August 2005 he was appointed prime minister. He has been credited with the macro economical success of Peru between 2001 and 2005. But his detractors state that Peru's economy has prospered only due to the high prices of commodities and minerals, and that Peru's economy actually could have grown more were it not for Kuczynski's soft fiscal policies favoring foreign investors. He has expressed desire to become President of Peru someday. -->

Didahului oleh: Carlos Ferrero

Perdana Menteri Peru 14 Agustus 2005—28 Juli 2006

Diteruskan oleh: Jorge del Castillo