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Weekly Report - 14 July 2016 (WR-16-27)
PERU: Kuczynski opts for technocrat ally as prime minister
Fernando Zavala Lombardi will be Peru’s next prime minister. President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who takes office on 28 July, named Zavala this week as head of his cabinet. Zavala will also perform the crucial function of go-between with congress, which will require significant political aptitude given that the Fujimorista Fuerza Popular (FP) will hold a decisive majority with 73 of the 130 seats.
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