Gino Costa

Gino Francisco Costa Santolalla (born 27 January 1956) is a Peruvian politician is an Independent Member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the constituency of Lima.[1]

Gino Costa Santolalla
Member of Congress
Assumed office
26 July 2016
ConstituencyLima
Minister of the Interior
In office
21 July 2002 – 27 January 2003
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterLuis Solari
DeputyCarlos Basombrío Iglesias
Preceded byFernando Rospigliosi
Succeeded byAlberto Sanabria Ortiz
Deputy Minister of the Interior
In office
2 August 2001 – 21 July 2002
PresidentAlejandro Toledo
Prime MinisterRoberto Dañino
MinisterFernando Rospigliosi
Preceded byMartín Solari de la Fuente
Succeeded byCarlos Basombrío Iglesias
Personal details
Born (1956-01-27) 27 January 1956
Lima
Political partyIndependent (Caucuses with the Purple Party) (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations		We Are Peru (2015)
Party for Social Democracy - Commitment Peru (1997–2007)
Alma materPontifical Catholic University of Peru (BA)
University of East Anglia (MA)
Queens' College, Cambridge (MPhil; PhD)

He previously served as Interior Minister in the Cabinet of Peru from 2002 to 2003[2] a United Nations official, president of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) and deputy defender for human rights and people with disabilities of the Ombudsman's Office.

Education

He studied Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, completed a Masters in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia in 1983, and then completed his MPhil and PhD (1987) in International Relations at Queens' College, Cambridge.[3]

Political career

Costa then worked at the United Nations and served as Vice Interior Minister from 2001 to 2002 before being promoted to head the Ministry.

After the fall of the government of Alberto Fujimori and during the Transitional government of Valentín Paniagua in 2001, he was president of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE).

On July 12, 2002, he was appointed Minister of the Interior by President Alejandro Toledo . As minister, he played a leading role in the police reform effort in the country and in the creation of the national citizen security system.

Since July 26, 2016, he has served as a member of the Congress of Peru. At the end of 2017, he resigned from the Peruvians for Change (PPK) bench due to discrepancies in how the humanitarian pardon was granted to former President Fujimori.

In March 2020, he introduced an anti-police brutality bill to establish laws for the proportional use of force by authorities in Peru.[4] He also criticized members of congress for ignoring the bill, stating "now that we have police and military in the streets looking after us, Parliament cannot give the signal that they can use their weapons as they please", referencing the enforced curfews in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.[4]

References
  1. "Congresistas". Congress of the Republic of Peru. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. Jaskoski, Maiah (15 August 2013). Military Politics & Democracy in the Andes. ISBN 9781421409078.
  3. "Gino Costa - Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
  4. "Ley de Protección Policial: presentan proyecto para restablecer "principio de proporcionalidad" | POLITICA". El Comercio (in Spanish). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.


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