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Published on Sunday, Oct 12, 2008
Associated Press
LIMA, PERU: President Alan Garcia confirmed Saturday that he has appointed a leftist governor to become Peru's chief Cabinet minister, a day after the minister's predecessor resigned along with 16 colleagues amid a brewing oil-kickback scandal.
Longtime politician and veterinarian Yehude Simon, 61, will replace outgoing Cabinet chief Jorge del Castillo, Garcia said. Simon announced his own appointment Saturday in an interview with Peru's RPP radio.
Simon also said two of the officials who resigned, Foreign Minister Garcia Belaunde and Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz, will stay on in the new, multiparty Cabinet. Garcia did not confirm that.
The president, whose approval rating hit a low of 19 percent before the scandal — mostly because of rising inflation — must now rebuild his administration in the midst of a global financial meltdown and just a month before Peru hosts leaders from 21 countries for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
The new Cabinet, once fully formed, will work to ''absolutely eliminate corruption,'' Garcia said.
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