Enrique Cornejo

Enrique Cornejo
Enrique Cornejo
Minister of Transport and Communications
	In office; 29 November 2008 – 28 July 2011
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Verónica Zavala
Succeeded by	Carlos Paredes
Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru
	In office; 20 December 2007 – 29 November 2008
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Hernán Garrido Lecca
Succeeded by	Nidia Vílchez
Secretary General of the Presidency of Peru
	In office; 28 July 1985 – 30 September 1986
President	Alan García
Preceded by	Óscar Maúrtua de Romaña
Personal details
Born	June 2, 1956; Lima, Peru
Political party	APRA
Residence	Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Alma mater	University of Lima
Profession	Politician and economist

Enrique Javier Cornejo Ramirez (born 2 June 1956) is a Peruvian politician who was the former Minister of Transportation and Communications that was under President Alan García from September 2010 to July 2011.[1][2][3][4][5] Prior to that, he was the Minister of Housing and Construction.[6]

Biography

Enrique Cornejo graduated from the University of Lima.[6] He has taught at universities in Ecuador and Bolivia.[6] He also taught at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.[6] From August 2006 to December 2007, he was the CEO of the National Bank of Peru.[6] In 2007, he was appointed as the Peruvian Minister of Housing and Construction.[6] In September 2010, he became the Minister of Transportation and Communication.[5]

On 17 April 2019, the Peruvian judiciary ordered preliminary detention against him and other investigators, for having received alleged bribes from the Odebrecht company. Subsequently, the former Minister of Transport was detained by the police as he was leaving a media outlet building.[7]

References

Government website Archived 2007-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
CIA World Leaders Archived November 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Embassy of Peru in Washington, DC Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
USAID Peru government Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
French diplomacy website
"Resume" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
"Enrique Cornejo was transferred to the headquarters of Legal Medicine". diariocorreo.pe (in Spanish). Diario Correo. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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[1] Government website Archived 2007-01-24 at the Wayback Machine

[2] CIA World Leaders Archived November 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Embassy of Peru in Washington, DC Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

[4] USAID Peru government Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine

[french-5] French diplomacy website

[cv-6] "Resume" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-08.

[7] "Enrique Cornejo was transferred to the headquarters of Legal Medicine". diariocorreo.pe (in Spanish). Diario Correo. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.