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{{Short description|Peruvian lawyer and politician}}
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| name = Ántero Flores-Aráoz
| name = Ántero Flores-Aráoz
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Sun of Peru|OSP]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Sun of Peru|OSP]]
| image = Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza.jpg
| image = Ántero Flores-Aráoz 2020.jpg
| office = [[Prime Minister of Peru]]
| office = [[Prime Minister of Peru]]
| deputy =
| deputy =
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| office1 = [[Ministry of Defense (Peru)|Minister of Defense]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Defense (Peru)|Minister of Defense]]
| president1 = [[Alan García]]
| president1 = [[Alan García]]
| primeminister1 = [[Jorge Del Castillo]]<br/>[[Yehude Simon]]
| primeminister1 = [[Jorge Del Castillo]]<br />[[Yehude Simon]]
| term_start1 = 20 December 2007
| term_start1 = 20 December 2007
| term_end1 = 11 July 2009
| term_end1 = 11 July 2009
| predecessor1 = [[Allan Wagner]]
| predecessor1 = [[Allan Wagner]]
| successor1 = [[Rafael Rey]]
| successor1 = [[Rafael Rey]]
| office2 = [[President of the Congress of Peru|President of Congress]]
| office2 = [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President of Congress]]
| term_start2 = 26 July 2004
| term_start2 = 26 July 2004
| term_end2 = 26 July 2005
| term_end2 = 26 July 2005
| predecessor2 = [[Henry Pease (Peruvian politician)|Henry Pease]]
| predecessor2 = [[Henry Pease (Peruvian politician)|Henry Pease]]
| successor2 = [[Marcial Ayaipoma]]
| successor2 = [[Marcial Ayaipoma]]
| office3 = [[Congress of Peru|Member of Congress]]
| office3 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of Congress]]
| constituency3 = [[Lima]]
| constituency3 = [[Lima]]
| term_start3 = 26 July 1995
| term_start3 = 26 July 2001
| term_end3 = 26 July 2006
| term_end3 = 26 July 2006
| office4 = [[Congress of Peru|Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress]]
| constituency4 = National
| constituency4 = National
| term_start4 = 26 November 1992
| term_start4 = 26 July 1995
| term_end4 = 26 July 1995
| term_end4 = 26 July 2001
| office5 = [[Congress of Peru|Member of the Chamber of Deputies]]
| office5 = [[Democratic Constituent Congress|Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress]]
| constituency5 = [[Lima]]
| constituency5 = National
| term_start5 = 26 July 1990
| term_start5 = 26 November 1992
| term_end5 = 5 April 1992
| term_end5 = 26 July 1995
| office6 = [[Mayor of Lima|Lima City Councilman]]
| office6 = [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Member of the Chamber of Deputies]]
| constituency6 = [[Lima]]
| term_start6 = 1 January 1987
| term_end6 = 31 December 1989
| term_start6 = 26 July 1990
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| term_end6 = 5 April 1992
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| office7 = [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|President of the Order Political Party]]
| office7 = [[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima|Lima City Councilman]]
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| term_start7 = 23 April 2009
| term_end7 = 13 July 2017
| term_start7 = 1 January 1987
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| term_end7 = 31 December 1989
| office8 = [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|President of the Christian People's Party]]
| office8 = [[Order (Peru)|President of the Order Political Party]]
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| term_start8 = 18 December 1999
| term_end8 = 18 December 2003
| term_start8 = 23 April 2009
| predecessor8 = [[Luis Bedoya Reyes]]
| term_end8 = 13 July 2017
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| office9 = [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|President of the Christian People's Party]]
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| successor8 = [[Lourdes Flores]]
| term_start9 = 18 December 1999
| term_end9 = 18 December 2003
| predecessor9 = [[Luis Bedoya Reyes]]
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| successor9 = [[Lourdes Flores]]
| birth_name = Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza
| birth_name = Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1942|2|28}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1942|2|28}}
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| spouse = Ana María Cedrón Brandariz
| spouse = Ana María Cedrón Brandariz
| children = 3
| children = 3
| nationality = Peruvian
| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}}
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(2017-present)}}
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(2017–present)}}
| otherparty = [[Order (Peru)|Order]] {{small|(2009-2017)}}<br/>[[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]] {{small|(1980-2007)}}
| otherparty = [[Order (Peru)|Order]] {{small|(2009–2017)}}<br />[[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]] {{small|(1980–2007)}}
| alma_mater = [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]]<br/>[[National University of San Marcos]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])
| alma_mater = [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]]<br />[[National University of San Marcos]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])
}}
}}


'''Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza''' (born 28 February 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresistas1992/Antero_Flores-Araoz/|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza|language=Spanish|publisher=[[Congress of Peru]]|accessdate=12 November 2020}}</ref> is a [[Peru]]vian [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] who was the [[President of the Council of Ministers of Peru|Prime Minister of Peru]]. Once a prominent member and leader of the [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]], he left and founded the [[Order (Peru)|Order Political Party]] in order to run for the presidency at the [[2016 Peruvian general election|2016 general election]], in which he placed tenth and last with 0.4% of the popular vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvperu.gob.pe/noticias/politica/inscrihttps://peru21.pe/politica/antero-flores-araoz-lanza-candidatura-presidencia-partido-orden-179258-noticia/|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz lanza su candidatura a la Presidencia por el partido Orden|first=Diario Perú 21|last=Política|website=peru21.pe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gestion.pe/peru/politica/antero-flores-araoz-completa-plancha-presidencial-107695-noticia/|title=Antero Flores-Aráoz completa su plancha presidencial|first=Diario Gestión|last=PERÚ|website=gestion.pe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redaccion.lamula.pe/2015/10/13/antero-florez-araoz/rponce/|title=Este es el pasado político de Ántero Flores Aráoz que debes conocer (y no da risa)|first=Redacción|last=La Mula|website=redaccion.lamula.pe}}</ref>
'''Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza''' (born 28 February 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresistas1992/Antero_Flores-Araoz/|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza|language=es|publisher=[[Congress of Peru]]|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> is a [[Peru]]vian [[lawyer]] and [[politician]] who briefly served as [[Prime Minister of Peru]] in November 2020. Once a prominent member and leader of the [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]], he left and founded the [[Order (Peru)|Order Party]] in order to run for the presidency at the [[2016 Peruvian general election|2016 general election]], in which he placed tenth and last with 0.4% of the popular vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvperu.gob.pe/noticias/politica/inscrihttps://peru21.pe/politica/antero-flores-araoz-lanza-candidatura-presidencia-partido-orden-179258-noticia/|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz lanza su candidatura a la Presidencia por el partido Orden|first=Diario Perú 21|last=Política|website=peru21.pe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gestion.pe/peru/politica/antero-flores-araoz-completa-plancha-presidencial-107695-noticia/|title=Antero Flores-Aráoz completa su plancha presidencial|first=Diario Gestión|last=PERÚ|website=gestion.pe|date=22 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://redaccion.lamula.pe/2015/10/13/antero-florez-araoz/rponce/|title=Este es el pasado político de Ántero Flores Aráoz que debes conocer (y no da risa)|first=Redacción|last=La Mula|website=redaccion.lamula.pe}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Biography ==
Son of Ántero Flores-Aráoz Adalid and Inés Esparza Moselli. He was born in Lima in 1942. He is the fourth grandson of the hero of the Independence of Argentina and Peru, Francisco Aráoz de Lamadrid.
Flores-Aráoz studied in the [[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]] and the [[National University of San Marcos]].

He studied primary and secondary school at Colegio La Salle de Lima. He entered the Faculty of Law of the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru|Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]]; however, he transferred to the [[National University of San Marcos]], from which he graduated in Law and obtained the title of Lawyer.

He has also served as a teacher at the [[University of Lima]] and at the [[University of San Martín de Porres]].


== Political career ==
== Political career ==


=== Congress of Peru ===
=== Congress of Peru ===
He first ran for the Congress of Peru in 1985 as a member of the Christian People's Party, but was not elected. In 2004 he was elected [[President of the Congress of Peru|President]] of the [[Congress of Peru|Congress of the Republic of Peru]],<ref>http://www.congreso.gob.pe/participacion/museo/congreso/presidentes/antero_flores</ref> the only opposition Congress President during the presidency of [[Alejandro Toledo]]. On 2 December 2006, he received the post of Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States. Beginning in 2007 he has served as Defense Minister of [[Peru]] as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=9u8r8lbCYTg= |title=Del Castillo, Flores Araoz to attend Honduras President-elect inauguration ceremony |accessdate=2010-12-03 |date=2010-01-23 |publisher=Andina |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001222601/http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=9u8r8lbCYTg%3D |archivedate=2011-10-01 }}</ref>
He first ran for the Congress of Peru in 1985 as a member of the Christian People's Party, but was not elected. In 1990, he once ran again for Congress of Peru under the [[Democratic Front (Peru)|FREDEMO]] coalition and was elected. In 2004 he was elected [[President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru|President]] of the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.gob.pe/participacion/museo/congreso/presidentes/antero_flores|title=ÁNTERO FLORES ARÁOZ ESPARZA|website=www.congreso.gob.pe}}</ref> the only opposition Congress President during the presidency of [[Alejandro Toledo]]. On 2 December 2006, he received the post of [[Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States]]. Beginning in December 2007, he has served as Defense Minister of [[Peru]] as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=9u8r8lbCYTg= |title=Del Castillo, Flores Araoz to attend Honduras President-elect inauguration ceremony |access-date=2010-12-03 |date=2010-01-23 |publisher=Andina |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001222601/http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=9u8r8lbCYTg%3D |archive-date=2011-10-01 }}</ref>


=== Minister of Defense ===
=== Minister of Defense ===
Flores-Aráoz assumed the position of Minister of Defense of Peru on December 20, 2007, replacing [[Allan Wagner Tizón]], <ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-07|title=Ántero Flores Aráoz entra a Defensa y Fernández a Justicia {{!}} LaRepublica.pe|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/237671-Antero-flores-araoz-entra-a-defensa-y-fernandez-a-justicia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507203408/https://larepublica.pe/politica/237671-Antero-flores-araoz-entra-a-defensa-y-fernandez-a-justicia|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-05-07|access-date=2021-05-21}}</ref> who became the Peruvian Representative before the International Court of The Hague in the case of limits. maritime and land with Chile.
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Flores-Aráoz is recognized for being [[Alan García]]'s Minister of Defense during the 2009 ''Baguazo'' massacre.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 November 2020|title="No sé qué les fastidia", dice el primer ministro de Perú ante las masivas protestas|url=https://es.noticias.yahoo.com/masivas-marchas-per%C3%BA-rechazo-gobierno-023826178.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-13|website=[[EFE]]|language=es-ES|quote='''Spanish:''' ... un Ejecutivo de "ancha base" pero que finalmente es de corte conservador, con miembros de derecha y ultraderecha. '''English:''' ... an Executive with a "broad base" but that is ultimately conservative, with members of the right and far right.}}</ref> Following the massacre of revolting natives that resulted in the deaths of thirty-three, he resigned from office.<ref name=":2" />

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Flores-Aráoz is recognized for being [[Alan García]]'s Minister of Defense during the 2009 ''Baguazo'' massacre.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title="No sé qué les fastidia", dice el primer ministro de Perú ante las masivas protestas|url=https://es.noticias.yahoo.com/masivas-marchas-per%C3%BA-rechazo-gobierno-023826178.html|access-date=2020-11-13|website=[[EFE]]|language=es-ES|quote='''Spanish:''' ... un Ejecutivo de "ancha base" pero que finalmente es de corte conservador, con miembros de derecha y ultraderecha. '''English:''' ... an Executive with a "broad base" but that is ultimately conservative, with members of the right and far right.}}</ref> Following the massacre of revolting natives that resulted in the deaths of thirty-three, he resigned from office.<ref name=":2" />


=== Prime Minister of Peru ===
=== Prime Minister of Peru ===
Following the [[removal of Martín Vizcarra]], Flores-Aráoz was named prime minister by [[Manuel Merino]] on 11 November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flores-Araoz confirms he will become Prime Minister of Peru |url=https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-floresaraoz-confirms-he-will-be-prime-minister-of-peru-preview-821075.aspx |accessdate=19 November 2020 |publisher=Andina |date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aquino |first1=Marco |title=Peru's new PM pledges stability as political turmoil threatens recovery |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-politics/perus-new-pm-pledges-stability-as-political-turmoil-threatens-recovery-idUSKBN27R2JD?il=0 |accessdate=19 November 2020 |publisher=Reuters |date=11 November 2020}}</ref> After Merino resigned and was replaced by [[Francisco Sagasti]] as president, Sagasti appointed [[Violeta Bermúdez]], a constitutional lawyer, to replace Flores-Aráoz as prime minister on 18 November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aquino |first1=Marco |title=Peru President picks new Cabinet to ease protests, market fears |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-peru-politics/peru-president-picks-new-cabinet-to-ease-protests-market-fears-idUKKBN27Z03Q |accessdate=19 November 2020 |publisher=Reuters |date=19 November 2020}}</ref>
Following the [[removal of Martín Vizcarra]], Flores-Aráoz was named prime minister by [[Manuel Merino]] on 11 November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flores-Araoz confirms he will become Prime Minister of Peru |url=https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-floresaraoz-confirms-he-will-be-prime-minister-of-peru-preview-821075.aspx |access-date=19 November 2020 |publisher=Andina |date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aquino |first1=Marco |title=Peru's new PM pledges stability as political turmoil threatens recovery |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-politics/perus-new-pm-pledges-stability-as-political-turmoil-threatens-recovery-idUSKBN27R2JD?il=0 |access-date=19 November 2020 |publisher=Reuters |date=11 November 2020}}</ref> After Merino resigned and was replaced by [[Francisco Sagasti]] as president, Sagasti appointed [[Violeta Bermúdez]], a constitutional lawyer, to replace Flores-Aráoz as prime minister on 18 November 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aquino |first1=Marco |title=Peru President picks new Cabinet to ease protests, market fears |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-peru-politics/peru-president-picks-new-cabinet-to-ease-protests-market-fears-idUKKBN27Z03Q |access-date=19 November 2020 |publisher=Reuters |date=19 November 2020}}</ref>

The government of [[Francisco Sagasti]] announced following Merino's resignation that the attorney general would investigate if Flores-Aráoz was responsible for possible human rights violations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Burt|first=Jo-Marie|date=19 November 2020|title=Can Francisco Sagasti Hold Peru Together?|url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/can-francisco-sagasti-hold-peru-together/|access-date=2020-12-07|website=[[Americas Quarterly]]|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Ideology ==
== Political positions ==
Flores-Aráoz has been described as having a radical [[far right]] political ideology in Peruvian politics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Noriega|first=Carlos|date=12 November 2020|title=Perú: la ultraderecha copó el gobierno {{!}} Bajo la presidencia de Manuel Merino tras el derrocamiento de Martín Vizcarra|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/305560-peru-la-ultraderecha-copo-el-gobierno|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-13|website=[[Página/12]]|quote='''Spanish:''' El gabinete ministerial del nuevo presidente Manuel Merino ... es encabezado por un miembro de la descreditada vieja guardia política, vinculado a la extrema derecha. '''English:''' The ultra-conservative right wing has taken over the Peruvian government . The ministerial cabinet of the new president Manuel Merino ... is headed by a member of the discredited political old guard, linked to the extreme right.}}</ref> He also has been active in denouncing terrorism in Peru.<ref>{{cite news|date=2009-04-13|title=Flores Aráoz confirma que fallecidos en emboscada terrorista aumentó a 14|publisher=Red del Grup RPP|url=http://www.rpp.com.pe/2009-04-13-flores-araoz-confirma-que-fallecidos-en-emboscada-terrorista-aumento-a-14-noticia_175378.html|accessdate=2010-12-03}}</ref>
Flores Aráoz holds conservative political positions, and although he was known as a pragmatist and a moderate christian democrat early in his political career, he eventually shifted to [[far right]] politics since his exit from the [[Christian People's Party (Peru)|Christian People's Party]] in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Noriega|first=Carlos|date=12 November 2020|title=Perú: la ultraderecha copó el gobierno {{!}} Bajo la presidencia de Manuel Merino tras el derrocamiento de Martín Vizcarra|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/305560-peru-la-ultraderecha-copo-el-gobierno|access-date=2020-11-13|website=[[Página/12]]|quote='''Spanish:''' El gabinete ministerial del nuevo presidente Manuel Merino ... es encabezado por un miembro de la descreditada vieja guardia política, vinculado a la extrema derecha. '''English:''' The ultra-conservative right wing has taken over the Peruvian government . The ministerial cabinet of the new president Manuel Merino ... is headed by a member of the discredited political old guard, linked to the extreme right.}}</ref> He also has been active in denouncing terrorism in Peru.<ref>{{cite news|date=2009-04-13|title=Flores Aráoz confirma que fallecidos en emboscada terrorista aumentó a 14|publisher=Red del Grup RPP|url=http://www.rpp.com.pe/2009-04-13-flores-araoz-confirma-que-fallecidos-en-emboscada-terrorista-aumento-a-14-noticia_175378.html|access-date=2010-12-03}}</ref>


=== Education ===
=== Education ===
Regarding education, Flores-Aráoz supported the low-quality and potentially fraudulent private universities that were closed by government regulators, stating they "deserve a second chance".<ref name=":0" /> In one exchange with a reporter in 2006 about discussing a [[free trade agreement]] with Peruvians that was reported by [[Página/12]] as having "exposed his racism", he described Peruvians as "llamas and vicuñas", stating "You can't ask them a technical issue. It's outrageous. You can't ask all citizens. Those who can't read and write, you're not going to ask that".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-11-11|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz y la vez que tildó de "llamas y vicuñas" a los peruanos|url=https://libero.pe/ocio/1593199-antero-flores-araoz-criticado-comentario-racista-asegurar-peruanos-son-llamas-vicunas-nuevo-gabinete-manuel-merino|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Líbero|language=es}}</ref>
Regarding education, Flores-Aráoz supported the low-quality and potentially fraudulent private universities that were closed by government regulators, stating they "deserve a second chance".<ref name=":0" /> In one exchange with a reporter in 2006 about discussing a [[free trade agreement]] with Peruvians that was reported by [[Página/12]] as having "exposed his racism", he described voters as "llamas and vicuñas", stating "You can't ask them a technical issue. It's outrageous. You can't ask all citizens. Those who can't read and write, you're not going to ask that".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-11|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz y la vez que tildó de "llamas y vicuñas" a los peruanos|url=https://libero.pe/ocio/1593199-antero-flores-araoz-criticado-comentario-racista-asegurar-peruanos-son-llamas-vicunas-nuevo-gabinete-manuel-merino|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Líbero|language=es}}</ref>


=== Sexual rights ===
=== Sexual rights ===
The stances of Flores-Aráoz on sexual rights have been described as conservative.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=PERU21|first=NOTICIAS|date=2016-02-17|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz: "Estoy absolutamente en contra del matrimonio gay" [Video] {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://peru21.pe/politica/antero-flores-araoz-absolutamente-matrimonio-gay-video-211085-noticia/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Peru21|language=es}}</ref> In 2016, he stated "I am absolutely against gay marriage", explaining that he believed "in what is natural, what God did".<ref name=":1" /> He also prosecuted dancer and model Leisy Suarez for taking photos of herself naked while sitting on the Peruvian flag.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ministro de Defensa descarta retiro de denuncia por ultraje a Bandera|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia.aspx?id=186650|date=2008-07-28|publisher=Andina|accessdate=2020-11-19}}</ref>
The stances of Flores-Aráoz on sexual rights have been described as conservative.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=PERU21|first=NOTICIAS|date=2016-02-17|title=Ántero Flores-Aráoz: "Estoy absolutamente en contra del matrimonio gay" [Video] {{!}} POLITICA|url=https://peru21.pe/politica/antero-flores-araoz-absolutamente-matrimonio-gay-video-211085-noticia/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Peru21|language=es}}</ref> In 2016, he stated "I am absolutely against gay marriage", explaining that he believed "in what is natural, what God did".<ref name=":1" /> He also prosecuted dancer and model Leisy Suarez for taking photos of herself naked while sitting on the Peruvian flag.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ministro de Defensa descarta retiro de denuncia por ultraje a Bandera|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia.aspx?id=186650|date=2008-07-28|publisher=Andina|access-date=2020-11-19}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 07:17, 30 June 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores-Aráoz and the second or maternal family name is Esparza.
Ántero Flores-Aráoz
OSP
Prime Minister of Peru
In office
11 November 2020 – 15 November 2020
PresidentManuel Merino
Preceded byWalter Martos
Succeeded byVioleta Bermúdez
Minister of Defense
In office
20 December 2007 – 11 July 2009
PresidentAlan García
Prime MinisterJorge Del Castillo
Yehude Simon
Preceded byAllan Wagner
Succeeded byRafael Rey
President of Congress
In office
26 July 2004 – 26 July 2005
Preceded byHenry Pease
Succeeded byMarcial Ayaipoma
Member of Congress
In office
26 July 2001 – 26 July 2006
ConstituencyLima
In office
26 July 1995 – 26 July 2001
ConstituencyNational
Member of the Democratic Constituent Congress
In office
26 November 1992 – 26 July 1995
ConstituencyNational
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
26 July 1990 – 5 April 1992
ConstituencyLima
Lima City Councilman
In office
1 January 1987 – 31 December 1989
President of the Order Political Party
In office
23 April 2009 – 13 July 2017
President of the Christian People's Party
In office
18 December 1999 – 18 December 2003
Preceded byLuis Bedoya Reyes
Succeeded byLourdes Flores
Personal details
Born
Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza

(1942-02-28) 28 February 1942 (age 82)
Lima, Peru
Political partyIndependent (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations		Order (2009–2017)
Christian People's Party (1980–2007)
SpouseAna María Cedrón Brandariz
Children3
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Peru
National University of San Marcos (LL.B.)
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza (born 28 February 1942)[1] is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru in November 2020. Once a prominent member and leader of the Christian People's Party, he left and founded the Order Party in order to run for the presidency at the 2016 general election, in which he placed tenth and last with 0.4% of the popular vote.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Son of Ántero Flores-Aráoz Adalid and Inés Esparza Moselli. He was born in Lima in 1942. He is the fourth grandson of the hero of the Independence of Argentina and Peru, Francisco Aráoz de Lamadrid.

He studied primary and secondary school at Colegio La Salle de Lima. He entered the Faculty of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; however, he transferred to the National University of San Marcos, from which he graduated in Law and obtained the title of Lawyer.

He has also served as a teacher at the University of Lima and at the University of San Martín de Porres.

Political career

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Congress of Peru

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He first ran for the Congress of Peru in 1985 as a member of the Christian People's Party, but was not elected. In 1990, he once ran again for Congress of Peru under the FREDEMO coalition and was elected. In 2004 he was elected President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru,[5] the only opposition Congress President during the presidency of Alejandro Toledo. On 2 December 2006, he received the post of Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States. Beginning in December 2007, he has served as Defense Minister of Peru as well.[6]

Minister of Defense

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Flores-Aráoz assumed the position of Minister of Defense of Peru on December 20, 2007, replacing Allan Wagner Tizón, [7] who became the Peruvian Representative before the International Court of The Hague in the case of limits. maritime and land with Chile.

Flores-Aráoz is recognized for being Alan García's Minister of Defense during the 2009 Baguazo massacre.[8] Following the massacre of revolting natives that resulted in the deaths of thirty-three, he resigned from office.[8]

Prime Minister of Peru

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Following the removal of Martín Vizcarra, Flores-Aráoz was named prime minister by Manuel Merino on 11 November 2020.[9][10] After Merino resigned and was replaced by Francisco Sagasti as president, Sagasti appointed Violeta Bermúdez, a constitutional lawyer, to replace Flores-Aráoz as prime minister on 18 November 2020.[11]

The government of Francisco Sagasti announced following Merino's resignation that the attorney general would investigate if Flores-Aráoz was responsible for possible human rights violations.[12]

Political positions

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Flores Aráoz holds conservative political positions, and although he was known as a pragmatist and a moderate christian democrat early in his political career, he eventually shifted to far right politics since his exit from the Christian People's Party in 2007.[13] He also has been active in denouncing terrorism in Peru.[14]

Education

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Regarding education, Flores-Aráoz supported the low-quality and potentially fraudulent private universities that were closed by government regulators, stating they "deserve a second chance".[13] In one exchange with a reporter in 2006 about discussing a free trade agreement with Peruvians that was reported by Página/12 as having "exposed his racism", he described voters as "llamas and vicuñas", stating "You can't ask them a technical issue. It's outrageous. You can't ask all citizens. Those who can't read and write, you're not going to ask that".[8][13][15]

Sexual rights

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The stances of Flores-Aráoz on sexual rights have been described as conservative.[16] In 2016, he stated "I am absolutely against gay marriage", explaining that he believed "in what is natural, what God did".[16] He also prosecuted dancer and model Leisy Suarez for taking photos of herself naked while sitting on the Peruvian flag.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza" (in Spanish). Congress of Peru. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ^ Política, Diario Perú 21. "Ántero Flores-Aráoz lanza su candidatura a la Presidencia por el partido Orden". peru21.pe.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ PERÚ, Diario Gestión (22 December 2015). "Antero Flores-Aráoz completa su plancha presidencial". gestion.pe.
  4. ^ La Mula, Redacción. "Este es el pasado político de Ántero Flores Aráoz que debes conocer (y no da risa)". redaccion.lamula.pe.
  5. ^ "ÁNTERO FLORES ARÁOZ ESPARZA". www.congreso.gob.pe.
  6. ^ "Del Castillo, Flores Araoz to attend Honduras President-elect inauguration ceremony". Andina. 2010-01-23. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  7. ^ "Ántero Flores Aráoz entra a Defensa y Fernández a Justicia | LaRepublica.pe". 2019-05-07. Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  8. ^ a b c ""No sé qué les fastidia", dice el primer ministro de Perú ante las masivas protestas". EFE (in European Spanish). 12 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-13. Spanish: ... un Ejecutivo de "ancha base" pero que finalmente es de corte conservador, con miembros de derecha y ultraderecha. English: ... an Executive with a "broad base" but that is ultimately conservative, with members of the right and far right.
  9. ^ "Flores-Araoz confirms he will become Prime Minister of Peru". Andina. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  10. ^ Aquino, Marco (11 November 2020). "Peru's new PM pledges stability as political turmoil threatens recovery". Reuters. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. ^ Aquino, Marco (19 November 2020). "Peru President picks new Cabinet to ease protests, market fears". Reuters. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  12. ^ Burt, Jo-Marie (19 November 2020). "Can Francisco Sagasti Hold Peru Together?". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  13. ^ a b c Noriega, Carlos (12 November 2020). "Perú: la ultraderecha copó el gobierno | Bajo la presidencia de Manuel Merino tras el derrocamiento de Martín Vizcarra". Página/12. Retrieved 2020-11-13. Spanish: El gabinete ministerial del nuevo presidente Manuel Merino ... es encabezado por un miembro de la descreditada vieja guardia política, vinculado a la extrema derecha. English: The ultra-conservative right wing has taken over the Peruvian government . The ministerial cabinet of the new president Manuel Merino ... is headed by a member of the discredited political old guard, linked to the extreme right.
  14. ^ "Flores Aráoz confirma que fallecidos en emboscada terrorista aumentó a 14". Red del Grup RPP. 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  15. ^ "Ántero Flores-Aráoz y la vez que tildó de "llamas y vicuñas" a los peruanos". Líbero (in Spanish). 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  16. ^ a b PERU21, NOTICIAS (2016-02-17). "Ántero Flores-Aráoz: "Estoy absolutamente en contra del matrimonio gay" [Video] | POLITICA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Ministro de Defensa descarta retiro de denuncia por ultraje a Bandera". Andina. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defense
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Peru
2020 		Succeeded by
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