Peru congress elects Jose Balcazar as new interim president

Il Congresso del Perù elegge Jose Balcazar come nuovo presidente ad interim

Jose Maria Balcazar, a member of Peru’s Congress, casts his vote as Congress holds a session to elect a new president following Jose Jeri’s ousting over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, in Lima, Peru February 18, 2026. E (Reuters)

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Peruvian lawmakers on Wednesday elected Jose Balcazar as the country’s new interim president ahead of general elections in April, making him the country’s eighth president in as many years.

Balcazar will also assume the role of head of Congress.

Peru’s Congress on Tuesday voted to oust President Jose Jeri after just four months in office due to a scandal over undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman.

(Reporting by Lucinda Elliot, Cassandra Garrison and Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Alistair Bell)

18 febbraio (Reuters) - I legislatori peruviani hanno eletto mercoledì Jose Balcazar come nuovo presidente ad interim del Paese in vista delle elezioni generali di aprile, diventando così l’ottavo presidente del Paese in altrettanti anni.

Balcazar assumerà anche il ruolo di capo del Congresso.

Il Congresso del Perù martedì ha votato per l’estromissione del presidente Jose Jeri dopo soli quattro mesi di mandato a causa di uno scandalo su incontri non dichiarati con un uomo d’affari cinese.

(Reporter: Lucinda Elliot, Cassandra Garrison e Natalia Siniawski; Editing: Alistair Bell)

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Peru congress elects Jose Balcazar as new interim president

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